Varanasi panchang, 4 December 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 19:16 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:49 – 09:09
- Yamaganda 10:28 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 14:59
- 06:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:06 to 06:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 06:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 06:48
- Nakshatra Ardra until 20:54 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 17:26
- Karana Gara until 06:48, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 06:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:26 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:54 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 06:04 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:04 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 14:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:28 – 00:31 next day
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 – 05:36
- 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
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:49 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:09 – 10:28 | Good |
| Rog | 10:28 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:48 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:29 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:09 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:50 – 06:30 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:48 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:48 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 02:02 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:09 Libra
- 05:09 – 07:26 Scorpio
- 07:26 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:15 Capricorn
- 11:15 – 12:46 Aquarius
- 12:46 – 14:15 Pisces
- 14:15 – 15:53 Aries
- 15:53 – 17:50 Taurus
- 17:50 – 20:04 Gemini
- 20:04 – 22:22 Cancer
- 22:22 – 00:36 next day Leo
- 00:36 – 02:48 next day Virgo
- 02:48 – 05:05 next day Libra
- 05:05 – 06:30 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