Varanasi panchang, 29 April 2028
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 08:43 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:26- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:24 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 05:24 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:11
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:26 to 05:23 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:48
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:46 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 03:00 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:20, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:00 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:24 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:24 – 06:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
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. 03:56 – 04:40
- 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 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 07:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:24 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:02 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:48 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:26 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:48 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:39 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:26 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:24 NowVenus
- 10:24 NowMercury
- 11:24 NowMoon
- 12:24 NowSaturn
- 13:24 NowJupiter
- 14:24 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:24 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:24 NowSun
- 23:24 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMercury
- 01:24 NowMoon
- 02:24 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:40 Pisces
- 04:40 – 06:18 Aries
- 06:18 – 08:15 Taurus
- 08:15 – 10:29 Gemini
- 10:29 – 12:47 Cancer
- 12:47 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 17:13 Virgo
- 17:13 – 19:30 Libra
- 19:30 – 21:47 Scorpio
- 21:47 – 23:52 Sagittarius
- 23:52 – 01:36 next day Capricorn
- 01:36 – 03:07 next day Aquarius
- 03:07 – 04:36 next day Pisces
- 04:36 – 05:23 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