Varanasi panchang, 21 April 2028
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 03:10 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:22- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:07 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:46
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 21:04
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:08 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 09:28
- Karana Kaulava until 07:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 17:28 Moon enters Pisces
- 21:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 21:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:46
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. 04:01 – 04:46
- 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 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:30 – 07:07 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:07 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:22 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:08 next day Capricorn
- 02:08 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 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