Varanasi panchang, 23 April 2028
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 04:11 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:23
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:42 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:21 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 04:27 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:23
- Karana Vishti until 11:42, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:23 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:42 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 00:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:06 – 10:23
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:56 – 11:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:23 – 11:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:23
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. 04:00 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:27 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:03 Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:39 Taurus
- 08:39 – 10:53 Gemini
- 10:53 – 13:10 Cancer
- 13:10 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 17:37 Virgo
- 17:37 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 04:59 next day Pisces
- 04:59 – 05:28 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