Varanasi panchang, 1 April 2028
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 09:48 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:13- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:50 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:50 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:07
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:25 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:13 to 05:49 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:13
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:23 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Saubhagya until 23:30
- Karana Taitila until 14:13, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:25 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:30 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 01:52 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:50 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:50 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
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. 04:17 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:50 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:50 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:29 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:40 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:13 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:40 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:28 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:55 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:22 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:54 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:58 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:50 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:50 NowSaturn
- 13:50 NowJupiter
- 14:50 NowMars
- 15:50 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:50 NowSaturn
- 20:50 NowJupiter
- 21:50 NowMars
- 22:50 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:01 Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:37 Scorpio
- 23:37 – 01:42 next day Sagittarius
- 01:42 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 04:57 next day Aquarius
- 04:57 – 05:49 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