Varanasi panchang, 18 April 2028
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 01:37 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:58
- Yamaganda 08:45 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:45
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
18:21 to 05:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 13:37
- Nakshatra Shravana until 15:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 06:31
- Karana Gara until 13:37, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:31 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 13:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:45 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:11 – 05:32 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:49 – 05:32 next day
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. 04:03 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:33 – 07:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:09 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Char | 08:45 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:08 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:33 NowMoon
- 10:33 NowSaturn
- 11:33 NowJupiter
- 12:33 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:33 NowVenus
- 15:33 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:33 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:33 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:33 NowMercury
- 23:33 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSaturn
- 01:33 NowJupiter
- 02:33 NowMars
- 03:33 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 08:58 Taurus
- 08:58 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:44 Leo
- 15:44 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:30 Scorpio
- 22:30 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 05:32 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