Varanasi panchang, 19 April 2028
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 02:10 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:21 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:14
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:19 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 07:33
- Karana Vishti until 16:14, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:33 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:19 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:45 – 16:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:32 – 18:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:57 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:32 – 06:05
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:08 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:08 Gemini
- 11:08 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:40 Leo
- 15:40 – 17:53 Virgo
- 17:53 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:26 Scorpio
- 22:26 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 05:31 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