Varanasi panchang, 29 December 2028
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 15:06 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 17:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:02 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam 10:41 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:38 – 15:57
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:16 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:37
- Nakshatra Rohini until 05:10 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 03:08 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:34, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:08 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 05:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:57
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. 04:56 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:10 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:02 – 09:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:21 – 10:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:41 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:38 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Char | 15:57 – 17:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:38 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:03 – 06:44 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 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:21 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:07 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:31 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 01:07 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 06:44 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