Varanasi panchang, 11 April 2028
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 20:36 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:02
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:43
- 07:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:18 to 05:39 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:50 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:29
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 11:48
- Karana Gara until 10:29, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:49 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 21:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:50 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:43
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 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:29 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Rog | 16:43 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:18 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:58 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:22 Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:40 Gemini
- 11:40 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 22:58 Scorpio
- 22:58 – 01:02 next day Sagittarius
- 01:02 – 02:47 next day Capricorn
- 02:47 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:39 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