Varanasi panchang, 14 April 2028
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 23:32 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:19- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:12 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:44
- 05:52 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:19 to 05:36 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:13
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 06:30 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 05:52
- Karana Taitila until 07:13, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:52 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 06:30 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 06:30 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:13 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:52 – 17:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:44
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:37 – 06:30
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. 04:06 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:13 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:37 – 07:12 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:12 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:19 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:11 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:37 NowJupiter
- 10:37 NowMars
- 11:37 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:37 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:37 NowJupiter
- 17:37 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:37 NowVenus
- 20:37 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:37 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMars
- 01:37 NowSun
- 02:37 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:10 Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:28 Gemini
- 11:28 – 13:46 Cancer
- 13:46 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 05:36 next day Aries
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