Varanasi panchang, 24 April 2028
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 04:44 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:24- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:05 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:48
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Priti
- 12:52 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:24 to 05:27 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:16 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 05:54 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:18
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:52, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:18 Yoga becomes Priti
- 12:52 Karana becomes Naga
- 01:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 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. 03:59 – 04:43
- 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 18:24 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:05 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:47 – 18:24 | Good |
| Char | 18:24 – 19:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:47 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:27 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:19 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 15:20 Leo
- 15:20 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:07 Scorpio
- 22:07 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 05:27 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