Varanasi panchang, 12 April 2028
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 21:39 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:33
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 08:36
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:36 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 09:12
- Karana Vishti until 08:36, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 08:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 08:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:12 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:57 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:49
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:12 – 07:12 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 05:38 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:39 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:18 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:39 NowMars
- 10:39 NowSun
- 11:39 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:39 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:39 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:39 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:39 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:18 Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 00:58 next day Sagittarius
- 00:58 – 02:43 next day Capricorn
- 02:43 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:38 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