Varanasi panchang, 7 April 2028
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 16:13 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:16- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam 10:26 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:42
- 06:00 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:16 to 05:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 22:33
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 16:57 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 06:00
- Karana Kaulava until 12:13, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:00 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:57 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:19 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 22:33 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
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. 04:12 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:16 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 16:57
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:44 – 16:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:57 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:44 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:26 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:16 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:17 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:38 Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:13 Scorpio
- 23:13 – 01:18 next day Sagittarius
- 01:18 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 05:43 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