Varanasi panchang, 31 March 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 23:56 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:13- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:34 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:13
- 09:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:13 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:31
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 21:52
- Karana Gara until 09:27, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:31 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:52 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 22:56 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:56 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:45 – 21:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:34 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:13
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:51 – 22:56
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. 04:18 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 07:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:56 – 05:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:56 – 05:50 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:56 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:51 – 07:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:24 – 08:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:56 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:13 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:40 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:28 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:58 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:57 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:51 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:51 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:51 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:51 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:51 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:05 Aquarius
- 05:05 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 08:12 Aries
- 08:12 – 10:09 Taurus
- 10:09 – 12:23 Gemini
- 12:23 – 14:41 Cancer
- 14:41 – 16:54 Leo
- 16:54 – 19:07 Virgo
- 19:07 – 21:24 Libra
- 21:24 – 23:41 Scorpio
- 23:41 – 01:46 next day Sagittarius
- 01:46 – 03:30 next day Capricorn
- 03:30 – 05:01 next day Aquarius
- 05:01 – 05:50 next day Pisces
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