Varanasi panchang, 9 April 2028
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 18:23 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:36 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:17
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:17 to 05:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:42 Moon enters Libra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:52 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 18:27
- Karana Bava until 15:56, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:52 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:27 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 22:42 Moon enters Libra
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:36 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:17
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:42 – 11:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 11:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:25 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:30 Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:48 Gemini
- 11:48 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:49 Libra
- 20:49 – 23:06 Scorpio
- 23:06 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:55 next day Capricorn
- 02:55 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:41 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