Varanasi panchang, 5 December 2028
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 20:18 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 09:09 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Gulika Kalam 11:48 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam 14:27 – 15:47
- 14:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
17:06 to 06:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 20:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 15:31
- Karana Bava until 17:34, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:42 Moon enters Cancer
- 15:31 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:35 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:47
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. 04:43 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 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
| Rog | 06:30 – 07:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:50 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Char | 09:09 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 11:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:48 – 13:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:08 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:27 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:27 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:08 – 23:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:29 – 03:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:10 – 04:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:50 – 06:31 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:02 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:24 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 20:00 Gemini
- 20:00 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 06:31 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