Varanasi panchang, 25 April 2028
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 05:21 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:24- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:47
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:34 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:24 to 05:26 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 01:44 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 05:54 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 09:52
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:34, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:54 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 13:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 01:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:47
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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:37
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:27 – 05:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 05:54
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:27 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:04 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Char | 08:41 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:47 | Good |
| Rog | 16:47 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:24 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:47 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMars
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:34 Aries
- 06:34 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:02 Cancer
- 13:02 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 01:52 next day Capricorn
- 01:52 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 05:26 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