Varanasi panchang, 17 December 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 07:38 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:10- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:32 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:10
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:10 to 06:38 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 06:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 06:39 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 02:52 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:41, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 06:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 06:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 06:23 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 06:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:10
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 11:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 10:30 – 12:35
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 06:39
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 06:39
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:38 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:16 – 10:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:35 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:32 | Good |
| Rog | 14:32 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:32 | Good |
| Char | 20:32 – 22:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:13 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:23 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:01 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:32 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:32 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:01 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:38 NowMercury
- 09:38 NowMoon
- 10:38 NowSaturn
- 11:38 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:38 NowMercury
- 16:38 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:38 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:38 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:38 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSaturn
- 01:38 NowJupiter
- 02:38 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:31 Cancer
- 21:31 – 23:45 Leo
- 23:45 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 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