Varanasi panchang, 23 December 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 11:18 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:41 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 07:23 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam 09:19 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 13:16 – 14:35
- 10:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:13 to 06:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:58
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 03:13 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:58, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 13:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:13 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:24 – 03:13 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:23 – 08:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:35
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:58 – 03:14 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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:41 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:00 – 09:19 | Good |
| Rog | 09:19 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:38 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:16 – 14:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:35 – 15:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:54 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:54 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:35 – 22:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:16 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:00 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:19 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:04 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:04 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:19 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 06:41 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