Varanasi panchang, 1 May 2028
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 10:50 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:27- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:00 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:50
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:27 to 05:22 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 20:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:42 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 22:24
- Karana Gara until 09:42, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:42 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 09:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 20:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:24 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:51 – 07:55 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:24 – 00:48 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 05:22 – 06:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:22 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:27 | Good |
| Char | 18:27 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:27 NowJupiter
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:22 NowJupiter
- 08:22 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:22 NowVenus
- 11:22 NowMercury
- 12:22 NowMoon
- 13:22 NowSaturn
- 14:22 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:22 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:22 NowMars
- 23:22 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:22 NowVenus
- 01:22 NowMercury
- 02:22 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:32 Pisces
- 04:32 – 06:10 Aries
- 06:10 – 08:07 Taurus
- 08:07 – 10:21 Gemini
- 10:21 – 12:39 Cancer
- 12:39 – 14:53 Leo
- 14:53 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:22 Libra
- 19:22 – 21:39 Scorpio
- 21:39 – 23:44 Sagittarius
- 23:44 – 01:29 next day Capricorn
- 01:29 – 02:59 next day Aquarius
- 02:59 – 04:28 next day Pisces
- 04:28 – 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