Varanasi panchang, 28 December 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 14:17 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam 09:21 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta 10:14 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Rahu Kalam 13:18 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:09
- 09:34 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:15 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:21
- Nakshatra Krittika until 04:29 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 04:13 next day
- Karana Bava until 10:59, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:34 Moon enters Taurus
- 10:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:13 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:14 – 10:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:09
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:29 – 06:43 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 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 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:02 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:21 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Char | 10:40 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:18 – 14:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:37 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:15 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:37 – 22:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:18 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:15 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 03:31 next day Libra
- 03:31 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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