Varanasi panchang, 8 April 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 05:17 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:25 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 23:50
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 18:13
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:35, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:12 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 13:35 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:13 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 14:18 next day
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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:43 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:25 | Good |
| Rog | 10:25 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:42 – 18:16 | Good |
| Char | 18:16 – 19:42 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:16 – 05:42 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:13 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:34 Aquarius
- 04:34 – 06:02 Pisces
- 06:02 – 07:40 Aries
- 07:40 – 09:37 Taurus
- 09:37 – 11:51 Gemini
- 11:51 – 14:09 Cancer
- 14:09 – 16:23 Leo
- 16:23 – 18:36 Virgo
- 18:36 – 20:52 Libra
- 20:52 – 23:09 Scorpio
- 23:09 – 01:14 next day Sagittarius
- 01:14 – 02:59 next day Capricorn
- 02:59 – 04:30 next day Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:42 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