Varanasi panchang, 4 April 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 02:39 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:47 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:14 to 05:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:14
- Nakshatra Shravana until 20:11 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 13:15
- Karana Vishti until 16:14, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:15 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:11 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 02:55 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
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. 04:14 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 16:14
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:47 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Char | 10:27 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:41 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:53 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:19 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:49 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:53 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
- 05:47 NowJupiter
- 06:47 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:47 NowSun
- 15:47 NowVenus
- 16:47 NowMercury
- 17:47 NowMoon
- 18:47 NowSaturn
- 19:47 NowJupiter
- 20:47 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:49 Aquarius
- 04:49 – 06:18 Pisces
- 06:18 – 07:56 Aries
- 07:56 – 09:53 Taurus
- 09:53 – 12:07 Gemini
- 12:07 – 14:25 Cancer
- 14:25 – 16:39 Leo
- 16:39 – 18:52 Virgo
- 18:52 – 21:08 Libra
- 21:08 – 23:25 Scorpio
- 23:25 – 01:30 next day Sagittarius
- 01:30 – 03:15 next day Capricorn
- 03:15 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 05:46 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