Varanasi panchang, 20 December 2028
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 09:43 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:36 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:14
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 07:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:27 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 01:20 next day
- Karana Vishti until 07:45, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 07:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:27 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 20:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:28 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:20 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:20 – 02:32 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 09:27 – 06:40 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. 04:52 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:39 – 09:27
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:39 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:36 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:14 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Char | 14:33 – 15:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:52 – 17:11 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:52 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:14 | Good |
| Char | 22:14 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:40 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 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:03 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:03 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:40 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