Varanasi panchang, 1 April 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:13 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:13 to 05:49 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:10
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 20:29
- Karana Vishti until 09:25, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 21:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:10 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:12 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:29 – 07:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:12 – 05:49 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. 04:17 – 05:03
- 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 05:50 – 23:12
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:50 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
- 05:50 NowMoon
- 06:50 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:50 NowMars
- 16:50 NowSun
- 17:50 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:50 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:50 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:01 Aquarius
- 05:01 – 06:30 Pisces
- 06:30 – 08:08 Aries
- 08:08 – 10:05 Taurus
- 10:05 – 12:19 Gemini
- 12:19 – 14:37 Cancer
- 14:37 – 16:51 Leo
- 16:51 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:20 Libra
- 21:20 – 23:37 Scorpio
- 23:37 – 01:42 next day Sagittarius
- 01:42 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 04:57 next day Aquarius
- 04:57 – 05:49 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