Varanasi panchang, 15 April 2028
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:19 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:19- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:36 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta 05:36 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:08
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:19 to 05:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:48
- Nakshatra Mula until 07:41 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 05:11 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:48, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 07:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:11 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:36 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
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 – 04:51
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:41 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:11 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:06 Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:10 Taurus
- 09:10 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:56 Leo
- 15:56 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:02 next day Aquarius
- 04:02 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 05:35 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