Varanasi panchang, 10 April 2028
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 19:30 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:15 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:17 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:39 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:58
- Nakshatra Chitra until 09:37 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 14:56
- Karana Kaulava until 12:58, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:37 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:56 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:39 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:56 – 16:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:41 – 09:37
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. 04:09 – 04:55
- 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 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:41 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:15 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:17 | Good |
| Char | 18:17 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:41 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:41 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:41 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:41 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:41 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:26 Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:44 Gemini
- 11:44 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 02:51 next day Capricorn
- 02:51 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:40 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