Varanasi panchang, 4 May 2028
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 13:59 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:29- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:20 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:43 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:51
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:29 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 14:13
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:02 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 13:43
- Karana Gara until 14:13, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 14:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 06:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:43 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:43 – 17:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:54 – 06:33 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:02 – 05:19 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. 03:53 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:20 – 01:02 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 14:13
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:20 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:59 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:12 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:29 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:15 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:12 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:20 NowJupiter
- 06:20 NowMars
- 07:20 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:20 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:20 NowSaturn
- 12:20 NowJupiter
- 13:20 NowMars
- 14:20 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:20 NowSun
- 22:20 NowVenus
- 23:20 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMoon
- 01:20 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:20 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:20 Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 07:55 Taurus
- 07:55 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 16:54 Virgo
- 16:54 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:27 Scorpio
- 21:27 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 02:48 next day Aquarius
- 02:48 – 04:16 next day Pisces
- 04:16 – 05:19 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