Varanasi panchang, 24 December 2028
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 11:48 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 14:35 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:49 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:13
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 20:04 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:01 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:30, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:30 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:04 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:01 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 05:44 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:49 – 16:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:13
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:01 – 16:19 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 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:04 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:41 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:00 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:16 – 14:35 | Good |
| Rog | 14:35 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:54 – 20:35 | Good |
| Char | 20:35 – 22:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:16 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:01 – 06:42 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 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:05 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:05 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:20 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:07 Scorpio
- 06:07 – 08:12 Sagittarius
- 08:12 – 09:57 Capricorn
- 09:57 – 11:28 Aquarius
- 11:28 – 12:56 Pisces
- 12:56 – 14:34 Aries
- 14:34 – 16:31 Taurus
- 16:31 – 18:45 Gemini
- 18:45 – 21:03 Cancer
- 21:03 – 23:17 Leo
- 23:17 – 01:30 next day Virgo
- 01:30 – 03:46 next day Libra
- 03:46 – 06:03 next day Scorpio
- 06:03 – 06:42 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