Varanasi panchang, 27 December 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 13:33 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:02 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:18
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:15 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 22:27
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:11 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 04:49 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:46, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:46 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 22:27 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:49 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:38 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 03:11 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. 04:55 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:27 – 06:43 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:11 – 06:43 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:11 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:02 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:18 – 14:37 | Bad |
| Char | 14:37 – 15:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:56 – 17:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:15 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:56 – 20:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:37 – 22:18 | Good |
| Char | 22:18 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:28 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:06 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:52 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:06 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:21 NowMercury
- 04:28 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:55 Scorpio
- 05:55 – 08:00 Sagittarius
- 08:00 – 09:45 Capricorn
- 09:45 – 11:16 Aquarius
- 11:16 – 12:44 Pisces
- 12:44 – 14:22 Aries
- 14:22 – 16:20 Taurus
- 16:20 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:51 Cancer
- 20:51 – 23:05 Leo
- 23:05 – 01:18 next day Virgo
- 01:18 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:43 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