Varanasi panchang, 12 December 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 02:29 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:08- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 09:13 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Gulika Kalam 11:51 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 15:49
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:08 to 06:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 15:13
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:55 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 17:25
- Karana Balava until 15:13, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:55 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:13 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:25 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:25 – 19:49
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 – 05:41
- 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 17:08 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:35 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:54 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Char | 09:13 – 10:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:32 – 11:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:51 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Rog | 15:49 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:06 NowMoon
- 10:59 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 02:06 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 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