Varanasi panchang, 5 April 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 03:23 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:27 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:41
- 07:12 Moon enters Aquarius
- 09:55 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:15 to 05:45 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:29
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 18:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sadhya until 09:55
- Karana Balava until 13:29, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:12 Moon enters Aquarius
- 09:55 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:29 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:06 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:56 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:41
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 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 13:29
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:53 – 10:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:27 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Char | 16:41 – 18:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:15 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:53 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 12:00 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:00 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:55 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:45 Aquarius
- 04:45 – 06:14 Pisces
- 06:14 – 07:52 Aries
- 07:52 – 09:49 Taurus
- 09:49 – 12:03 Gemini
- 12:03 – 14:21 Cancer
- 14:21 – 16:35 Leo
- 16:35 – 18:48 Virgo
- 18:48 – 21:04 Libra
- 21:04 – 23:21 Scorpio
- 23:21 – 01:26 next day Sagittarius
- 01:26 – 03:11 next day Capricorn
- 03:11 – 04:42 next day Aquarius
- 04:42 – 05:45 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