Varanasi panchang, 30 March 2028
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 08:05 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:12- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:52 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam 08:57 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 09:59 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 07:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:30 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:12 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 14:30
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:48 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 02:16 next day
- Karana Vishti until 14:30, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:07 Moon enters Taurus
- 14:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 14:30 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:16 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:57 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:59 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:48 – 05:51 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. 04:18 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:32
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:30 – 05:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:48 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:52 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:57 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:40 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:23 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:59 NowMercury
- 11:00 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:04 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:09 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:00 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:52 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:52 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:52 NowMars
- 14:52 NowSun
- 15:52 NowVenus
- 16:52 NowMercury
- 17:52 NowMoon
- 18:52 NowSaturn
- 19:52 NowJupiter
- 20:52 NowMars
- 21:52 NowSun
- 22:52 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:52 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:09 Aquarius
- 05:09 – 06:38 Pisces
- 06:38 – 08:16 Aries
- 08:16 – 10:13 Taurus
- 10:13 – 12:27 Gemini
- 12:27 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 19:11 Virgo
- 19:11 – 21:28 Libra
- 21:28 – 23:45 Scorpio
- 23:45 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:34 next day Capricorn
- 03:34 – 05:05 next day Aquarius
- 05:05 – 05:51 next day Pisces
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