Varanasi panchang, 10 December 2028
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 00:24 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:29 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta 15:43 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam 15:48 – 17:07
- 09:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 15:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 23:39
- Karana Taitila until 09:00, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:39 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:43 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:48 – 17:07
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. 04:46 – 05:40
- 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 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 15:10
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 15:10 – 06:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:10 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:33 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:12 – 10:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:31 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Rog | 14:29 – 15:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:48 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:29 | Good |
| Char | 20:29 – 22:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:10 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:53 – 06:34 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 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:05 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 02:05 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 06:34 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