Varanasi panchang, 11 December 2028
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 01:26 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:53 – 09:12
- Yamaganda 10:32 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:07 to 06:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:33
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 20:32
- Karana Vanija until 06:43, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 17:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 00:44 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:34 – 06:35 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. 04:47 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:34 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:53 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:12 – 10:32 | Good |
| Rog | 10:32 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:51 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:10 – 23:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:12 NowMars
- 10:05 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:29 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 02:06 NowMercury
- 03:13 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:23 Taurus
- 17:23 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:35 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