Varanasi panchang, 30 April 2028
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 09:46 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:42 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:27
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:27 to 05:22 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 22:29
- Nakshatra Ardra until 07:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:50 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:23 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 11:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 22:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:54 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:42 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 02:50 next day
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. 03:55 – 04:39
- 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 18:27 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:23 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:23 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:01 – 08:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:39 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:23 NowJupiter
- 11:23 NowMars
- 12:23 NowSun
- 13:23 NowVenus
- 14:23 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:23 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:23 NowMoon
- 23:23 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:23 NowJupiter
- 01:23 NowMars
- 02:23 NowSun
- 03:23 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:36 Pisces
- 04:36 – 06:14 Aries
- 06:14 – 08:11 Taurus
- 08:11 – 10:25 Gemini
- 10:25 – 12:43 Cancer
- 12:43 – 14:57 Leo
- 14:57 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:26 Libra
- 19:26 – 21:43 Scorpio
- 21:43 – 23:48 Sagittarius
- 23:48 – 01:33 next day Capricorn
- 01:33 – 03:03 next day Aquarius
- 03:03 – 04:32 next day Pisces
- 04:32 – 05:22 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