Varanasi panchang, 14 December 2028
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 04:40 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:36 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:14 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta 10:07 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:02
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:08 to 06:37 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 10:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 08:53 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:25
- Karana Vanija until 10:50, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:53 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 10:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 10:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:25 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:53 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:07 – 10:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:02
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 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:53 – 06:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:36 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Char | 10:33 – 11:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:52 – 13:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:30 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:49 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:49 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:07 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:23 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:47 Scorpio
- 06:47 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:14 Aries
- 15:14 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:37 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