Varanasi panchang, 13 December 2028
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 03:34 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:54 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:11
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
17:08 to 06:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:56
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 14:21
- Karana Taitila until 12:56, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:21 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:13 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:11
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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:35 – 12:56
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:54 – 09:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:33 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:11 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Char | 14:30 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Char | 22:11 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:33 – 03:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:14 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:36 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 NowMercury
- 07:28 NowMoon
- 08:21 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:06 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:59 NowSun
- 02:07 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:50 Scorpio
- 06:50 – 08:55 Sagittarius
- 08:55 – 10:40 Capricorn
- 10:40 – 12:11 Aquarius
- 12:11 – 13:39 Pisces
- 13:39 – 15:17 Aries
- 15:17 – 17:15 Taurus
- 17:15 – 19:29 Gemini
- 19:29 – 21:46 Cancer
- 21:46 – 00:00 next day Leo
- 00:00 – 02:13 next day Virgo
- 02:13 – 04:30 next day Libra
- 04:30 – 06:36 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