Varanasi panchang, 7 April 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 04:41 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:16
- 06:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 06:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:08 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:16 to 05:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 06:54
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 12:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 22:16
- Karana Vanija until 06:54, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 06:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Moon enters Pisces
- 12:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 17:08 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Indra
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:54 – 07:39
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:39 – 17:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:16
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. 04:12 – 04:58
- 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 18:16 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:58 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:38 Aquarius
- 04:38 – 06:06 Pisces
- 06:06 – 07:44 Aries
- 07:44 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:55 Gemini
- 11:55 – 14:13 Cancer
- 14:13 – 16:27 Leo
- 16:27 – 18:40 Virgo
- 18:40 – 20:56 Libra
- 20:56 – 23:13 Scorpio
- 23:13 – 01:18 next day Sagittarius
- 01:18 – 03:03 next day Capricorn
- 03:03 – 04:34 next day Aquarius
- 04:34 – 05:43 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