Varanasi panchang, 3 December 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 18:15 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:06
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:11
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 20:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 19:05
- Karana Kaulava until 07:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 08:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 19:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:06
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:42 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:29 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:48 – 09:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:08 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:07 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:27 | Good |
| Char | 20:27 – 22:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:07 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:09 – 04:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:49 – 06:29 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:22 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:01 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
- 05:22 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:13 Libra
- 05:13 – 07:30 Scorpio
- 07:30 – 09:34 Sagittarius
- 09:34 – 11:19 Capricorn
- 11:19 – 12:50 Aquarius
- 12:50 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 15:57 Aries
- 15:57 – 17:54 Taurus
- 17:54 – 20:08 Gemini
- 20:08 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:40 next day Leo
- 00:40 – 02:52 next day Virgo
- 02:52 – 05:09 next day Libra
- 05:09 – 06:29 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method