Varanasi panchang, 21 December 2028
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 10:16 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:40 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam 09:18 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta 10:10 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:05
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 11:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 01:43 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:36 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:43 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 07:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:10 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:05
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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 09:23
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:36 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:40 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:59 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:18 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Char | 10:37 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:34 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:53 – 17:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:11 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:53 – 20:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:34 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:59 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:49 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:40 NowMercury
- 11:40 NowMoon
- 12:40 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:40 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:40 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:40 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 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