Varanasi panchang, 31 December 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 17:02 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 14:39 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:58 – 17:17
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 04:50 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 23:34
- Karana Vishti until 10:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:18 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:18 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:58 – 17:17
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 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:03 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:20 – 14:39 | Good |
| Rog | 14:39 – 15:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:58 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:17 – 18:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:58 – 20:39 | Good |
| Char | 20:39 – 22:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:32 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 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