Varanasi panchang, 5 April 2028
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 14:03 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:19 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:27 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:34
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:15 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:46
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 21:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:14
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 13:14 Yoga becomes Shula
- 18:25 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:41 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 21:41 Moon enters Leo
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:14 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:25 – 21:41
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:41 – 04:58 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. 04:13 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 21:41
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:46 – 07:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:19 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:27 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:18 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:46 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:46 NowJupiter
- 16:46 NowMars
- 17:46 NowSun
- 18:46 NowVenus
- 19:46 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:46 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:46 Aquarius
- 04:46 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:03 Gemini
- 12:03 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:26 next day Sagittarius
- 01:26 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 05:45 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