Varanasi panchang, 19 December 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 09:07 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:11- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 09:17 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam 14:33 – 15:52
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:11 to 06:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:44
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 07:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:21 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:44, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:53 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:21 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:52
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:39 – 07:53
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:39 – 06:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:53 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:39 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:58 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Char | 09:17 – 10:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:36 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:14 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:33 – 15:52 | Good |
| Rog | 15:52 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:52 – 20:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:33 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:14 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:58 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:17 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:02 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:39 NowMercury
- 10:39 NowMoon
- 11:39 NowSaturn
- 12:39 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:39 NowVenus
- 16:39 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:39 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:39 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:39 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:39 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 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