Varanasi panchang, 28 April 2028
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 07:44 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:02 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:48
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:26 to 05:24 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:50 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 00:47 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:35
- Karana Vanija until 13:10, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:35 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 07:50 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:50 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:47 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 00:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:55 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:35 – 08:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:48
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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:50 – 05:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:25 – 07:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:02 – 08:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:40 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Char | 16:48 – 18:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:26 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:48 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:02 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:25 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:25 NowMars
- 11:25 NowSun
- 12:25 NowVenus
- 13:25 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:25 NowSaturn
- 23:25 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMars
- 01:25 NowSun
- 02:25 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:43 Pisces
- 04:43 – 06:22 Aries
- 06:22 – 08:19 Taurus
- 08:19 – 10:33 Gemini
- 10:33 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:40 next day Capricorn
- 01:40 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 05:24 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