Varanasi panchang, 8 December 2028
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 23:23 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:51 – 09:11
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam 10:30 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:47
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 00:09 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 17:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:23
- Karana Vishti until 13:06, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 00:09 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 00:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:37 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:58 – 08:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:00 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:23 – 09:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:47
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:32 – 17:59
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. 04:45 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:32 – 17:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:59 – 06:33 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:59 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:32 – 07:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:51 – 09:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:11 – 10:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:30 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:09 | Good |
| Rog | 13:09 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:52 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMars
- 02:04 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:32 NowSaturn
- 10:32 NowJupiter
- 11:32 NowMars
- 12:32 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:32 NowMoon
- 23:32 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:32 NowJupiter
- 01:32 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:53 Libra
- 04:53 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 06:33 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