Varanasi panchang, 16 December 2028
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 06:44 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:37 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 07:19 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam 09:15 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:12 – 14:31
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:09 to 06:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:36
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 04:23 next day
- Karana Naga until 07:36, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:36 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:36 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:21 – 08:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:37 – 07:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:19 – 08:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:31
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:37 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:56 – 09:15 | Good |
| Rog | 09:15 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:34 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:12 – 14:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:50 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:12 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:23 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:01 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
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