Varanasi panchang, 9 December 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:07- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 07:15 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam 09:11 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 13:09 – 14:28
- 11:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:05
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:40 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 02:42 next day
- Karana Balava until 11:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:40 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:18 Moon enters Virgo
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:15 – 07:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:11 – 10:31
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:28
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:40 – 06:33 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. 04:45 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:05 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 07:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:52 – 09:11 | Good |
| Rog | 09:11 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:31 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:09 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:53 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:19 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:04 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 02:05 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:26 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:49 Libra
- 04:49 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:27 Aquarius
- 12:27 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 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