Varanasi panchang, 8 April 2028
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 17:18 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:43 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:43 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:08
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 19:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 14:23 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 22:14
- Karana Gara until 08:52, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:14 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:43 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:14 – 01:50 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 14:23
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:23 – 05:42 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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 14:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:43 – 19:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:43 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:25 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:34 Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:53 Libra
- 20:53 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:42 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