Varanasi panchang, 6 April 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 04:03 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:45 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:45 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:08
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
18:15 to 05:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 10:19
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 15:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 06:14
- Karana Taitila until 10:19, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 10:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 10:19 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:19 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:45 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:23 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:28 – 23:19
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. 04:13 – 04:59
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:45 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:26 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:42 Aquarius
- 04:42 – 06:10 Pisces
- 06:10 – 07:48 Aries
- 07:48 – 09:45 Taurus
- 09:45 – 11:59 Gemini
- 11:59 – 14:17 Cancer
- 14:17 – 16:31 Leo
- 16:31 – 18:44 Virgo
- 18:44 – 21:00 Libra
- 21:00 – 23:17 Scorpio
- 23:17 – 01:22 next day Sagittarius
- 01:22 – 03:07 next day Capricorn
- 03:07 – 04:38 next day Aquarius
- 04:38 – 05:44 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