Varanasi panchang, 18 December 2028
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 08:25 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:16
- Yamaganda 10:35 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:04
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:44 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 06:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 01:51 next day
- Karana Taitila until 18:28, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 13:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 18:28 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:51 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 12:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:51 – 05:27 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:38 – 06:57
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:57 – 01:35 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:35 – 06:39 next day
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 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:38 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:16 – 10:35 | Good |
| Rog | 10:35 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:32 – 15:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:51 – 17:10 | Good |
| Char | 17:10 – 18:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:32 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:58 – 06:39 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:24 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:02 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
- 06:27 – 06:39 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