Panchang / Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Daily panchang

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Saturday, 01 Apr 2028

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The day in simple words

Tithi: Shashthi · until 14:13
Nakshatra: Mrigashira · until 02:23 (02 Apr 2028)
Good time to start something: 11:37–12:26 · Abhijit
Avoid starting new work: 08:55–10:28 · Rahu kaal

All times are for Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. They change from place to place.

About this page

What this page tells you. The panchang is the Hindu calendar for one day and one place. It gives the tithi (lunar date), the nakshatra (the Moon's star), the yoga, the karana and the weekday, with sunrise and sunset.

How to read it. Look at the five parts at the top first, then the timings. Rahu kaal and Yamaganda are times the tradition avoids for starting something new. Abhijit is usually taken as the good time around midday. Choghadiya splits the day into eight parts, each marked good, neutral or poor.

Good to know: Times are worked out for the place you choose and change with it. Customs differ by region and family. If a ritual matters to you, confirm the timing with your priest or family tradition.

New to these words? See the astrology words explained simply.

Sunrise

05:49

Sunset

18:14

Moonrise

09:47

Moonset

— The Moon does not set on this date at this place.

Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.

The five parts of the day (panchang)

Each part lasts until the time shown.
Part	Value	Ends	What the old texts say
Tithi	Shashthi then Saptami	14:13	Nanda (joyful) Suited in the texts to celebration, art and things begun for pleasure.
Nakshatra	Mrigashira then Ardra	02:23 02 Apr 2028	The searching mind. Tradition connects it with curiosity, travel and a restlessness that is productive when it has an object.
Yoga	Saubhagya then Shobhana	23:30	auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature.
Karana	Taitila then Gara · until 01:52 (02 Apr 2028) then Vanija	14:13	One of the seven movable karanas, which repeat through the month.
Vara	Saturday	—	Ruled by Saturn. Associated with labour, iron and long undertakings.

These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.

Times to avoid, and the good midday time

Sunrise 05:49
Sunset 18:14

Traditionally avoided
Traditionally favoured

Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)

Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Sunrise	05:49	—
Sunset	18:14	—
Rahu kaal	08:55	10:28	About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it.
Gulika	05:49	07:22	Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal.
Yamaganda	13:35	15:08	Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday.
Abhijit	11:37	12:26	The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays.
Brahma muhurta	04:16	05:02	Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
Pratah sandhya	04:39	05:49	The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers.
Vijaya muhurta	14:06	14:55	Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted.
Godhuli muhurta	18:14	18:37	Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions.
Sayahna sandhya	18:14	19:23	The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers.
Nishita muhurta	23:38	00:24 02 Apr 2028	The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri.
Dur muhurta	05:49	06:38	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Dur muhurta	06:38	07:28	Avoided for auspicious beginnings.
Amrit kalam	17:34	19:10	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day.
Varjyam	07:56	09:32	About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, also called tyajyam: new undertakings are avoided in it. Much observed in the south, alongside Rahu kalam.

Facts about the day

Day length (dinamana): 12 h 25 min
Night length (ratrimana): 11 h 33 min
Midday (madhyahna): 12:01
Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool): East

Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.

Choghadiya

The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.

Day

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Kaal	05:49	07:22	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Shubh	07:22	08:55	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Rog	08:55	10:28	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Udveg	10:28	12:01	avoid government work only
Chal	12:01	13:35	neutral travel and movement
Labh	13:35	15:08	good trade, starting a business, gain
Amrit	15:08	16:41	best anything at all
Kaal	16:41	18:14	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools

Night

Choghadiya	From	To	Quality
Labh	18:14	19:41	good trade, starting a business, gain
Udveg	19:41	21:07	avoid government work only
Shubh	21:07	22:34	good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious
Amrit	22:34	00:01	best anything at all
Chal	00:01	01:28	neutral travel and movement
Rog	01:28	02:54	avoid confrontation and debt collection only
Kaal	02:54	04:21	avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools
Labh	04:21	05:48	good trade, starting a business, gain

Gowri panchangam

The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.

Gowri	From	To	Quality
Sugam	05:49	07:22	good travel, ease, hospitality
Amirdham	07:22	08:55	best anything auspicious
Uthi	08:55	10:28	neutral ordinary work
Soram	10:28	12:01	avoid nothing new
Rogam	12:01	13:35	avoid medicine only
Visham	13:35	15:08	avoid nothing new
Labham	15:08	16:41	good gain, new work
Dhanam	16:41	18:14	good money, purchase, trade

More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.

More of the day

Moon sign: Taurus · until 14:25
then Gemini
Sun sign: Pisces
Nakshatra pada: Mrigashira pada 1 · until 08:23
Mrigashira pada 2 · until 14:25
Mrigashira pada 3 · until 20:25
Mrigashira pada 4 · until 02:23 (02 Apr 2028)
Ardra pada 1
Sun's nakshatra: Revati pada 1
Anandadi yoga: Vajra · until 02:23 (02 Apr 2028)
then Mudgara
Shaka samvat: 1950 Kilaka
Vikram samvat: 2085 Durmati
Gujarati samvat: 2084 Siddharthi
Ritu (by lunar month): Vasanta
Ritu (by the Sun's season): Vasanta
Ayana (sidereal): Uttarayana
Ayana (by the solstices): Uttarayana
Chandra vasa (Moon's direction): South · until 14:25
then West
Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction): East
Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara): Durmati · until 17:02 (12 Apr 2028)

The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.

Special yogas and times of the day
Period	From	To	What the old texts say
Ravi yoga	05:49	02:23 02 Apr 2028	When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work.
Bhadra	Not today		The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here.
Ganda moola	Not today		The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti.
Panchaka	Not today		The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off.
Baana: Roga (illness)	05:49	16:44	Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings.

Chandrabalam and Tarabalam

These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.

Chandrabalam for · until 14:25: Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Libra
Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise: Aries, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Sagittarius, Capricorn
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Scorpio
Tarabalam for · until 02:23: Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise: Ashwini, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada

Udaya lagna

Lagna	From	To
Pisces	05:01	06:30
Aries	06:30	08:08
Taurus	08:08	10:05
Gemini	10:05	12:19
Cancer	12:19	14:37
Leo	14:37	16:51
Virgo	16:51	19:04
Libra	19:04	21:20
Scorpio	21:20	23:37
Sagittarius	23:37	01:42 02 Apr 2028
Capricorn	01:42 02 Apr 2028	03:27 02 Apr 2028
Aquarius	03:27 02 Apr 2028	04:57 02 Apr 2028

Panchaka rahita muhurta

Period	From	To
Free of panchaka (good)	05:49	06:30
Mrityu (danger)	06:30	08:08
Agni (fire)	08:08	10:05
Free of panchaka (good)	10:05	12:19
Raja (the state)	12:19	14:13
Free of panchaka (good)	14:13	14:37
Chora (theft)	14:37	16:51
Free of panchaka (good)	16:51	19:04
Roga (illness)	19:04	21:20
Free of panchaka (good)	21:20	23:37
Mrityu (danger)	23:37	01:42 02 Apr 2028
Agni (fire)	01:42 02 Apr 2028	02:23 02 Apr 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	02:23 02 Apr 2028	03:27 02 Apr 2028
Raja (the state)	03:27 02 Apr 2028	04:57 02 Apr 2028
Free of panchaka (good)	04:57 02 Apr 2028	05:48 02 Apr 2028

The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.

Hora (planetary hours)

The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.

#	Hora lord	From	To	Suited to
1	Saturn	05:49	06:51	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
2	Jupiter	06:51	07:53	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
3	Mars	07:53	08:55	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
4	Sun	08:55	09:57	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
5	Venus	09:57	10:59	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
6	Mercury	10:59	12:01	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
7	Moon	12:01	13:04	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
8	Saturn	13:04	14:06	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
9	Jupiter	14:06	15:08	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
10	Mars	15:08	16:10	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
11	Sun	16:10	17:12	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
12	Venus	17:12	18:14	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
13 night	Mercury	18:14	19:12	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
14 night	Moon	19:12	20:10	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
15 night	Saturn	20:10	21:07	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
16 night	Jupiter	21:07	22:05	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
17 night	Mars	22:05	23:03	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting
18 night	Sun	23:03	00:01	authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience
19 night	Venus	00:01	00:59	marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining
20 night	Mercury	00:59	01:57	trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent
21 night	Moon	01:57	02:54	travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to
22 night	Saturn	02:54	03:52	labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly
23 night	Jupiter	03:52	04:50	teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora
24 night	Mars	04:50	05:48	surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting

Festivals and fasts

Nothing marked on this date.