Varanasi panchang, 2 April 2028
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 10:48 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:14
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:14 to 05:48 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:22
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:57 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shobhana until 21:32
- Karana Vanija until 13:22, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 01:57 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:14
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:32 – 23:56
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. 04:16 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:22 – 08:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:55 – 10:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:28 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:54 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:57 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:54 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:57 Aquarius
- 04:57 – 06:26 Pisces
- 06:26 – 08:04 Aries
- 08:04 – 10:01 Taurus
- 10:01 – 12:15 Gemini
- 12:15 – 14:33 Cancer
- 14:33 – 16:47 Leo
- 16:47 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:16 Libra
- 21:16 – 23:33 Scorpio
- 23:33 – 01:38 next day Sagittarius
- 01:38 – 03:23 next day Capricorn
- 03:23 – 04:53 next day Aquarius
- 04:53 – 05:48 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