Varanasi panchang, 25 December 2028
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 12:20 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:01 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:39 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam 13:17 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:07
Night
17:14 to 06:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:51 Moon enters Aries
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Revati until 22:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 04:38 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:54, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 22:51 Moon enters Aries
- 04:38 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:07
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:42 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:01 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:39 | Good |
| Rog | 10:39 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Char | 13:17 – 14:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:36 – 15:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:55 – 17:14 | Good |
| Char | 17:14 – 18:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:55 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:36 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:17 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:01 – 06:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:12 NowSun
- 11:05 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:05 NowVenus
- 02:13 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:42 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:42 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:42 NowSaturn
- 15:42 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:42 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:42 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:42 NowSaturn
- 05:42 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 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