Varanasi panchang, 17 April 2028
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 01:01 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:20- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:10 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 05:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:20 to 05:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:13 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddha until 05:41
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:11 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:13 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:34 – 14:00
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. 04:04 – 04:49
- 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 18:20 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:13 – 05:33 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:00 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:34 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:46 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:45 – 18:20 | Good |
| Char | 18:20 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:41 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 18:01 Virgo
- 18:01 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:34 Scorpio
- 22:34 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 05:33 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