Varanasi panchang, 20 April 2028
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 02:41 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:31 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam 08:44 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:48
- 05:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 18:47
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 08:35
- Karana Bava until 05:32, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 08:35 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 18:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 18:47 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:48
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. 04:02 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:22 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:44 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:07 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:15 Pisces
- 05:15 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:22 Cancer
- 13:22 – 15:36 Leo
- 15:36 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 05:11 next day Pisces
- 05:11 – 05:30 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