Varanasi panchang, 3 April 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 01:49 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:34
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:14 to 05:47 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 21:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 16:09
- Karana Taitila until 07:24, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:47 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:34
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. 04:15 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:54 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:41 – 18:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:14 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:27 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:20 – 05:47 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:52 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:12 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:12 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:53 Aquarius
- 04:53 – 06:22 Pisces
- 06:22 – 08:00 Aries
- 08:00 – 09:57 Taurus
- 09:57 – 12:11 Gemini
- 12:11 – 14:29 Cancer
- 14:29 – 16:43 Leo
- 16:43 – 18:56 Virgo
- 18:56 – 21:12 Libra
- 21:12 – 23:29 Scorpio
- 23:29 – 01:34 next day Sagittarius
- 01:34 – 03:19 next day Capricorn
- 03:19 – 04:49 next day Aquarius
- 04:49 – 05:47 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