Varanasi panchang, 9 April 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 05:55 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:17- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 08:50 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:42
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:32 Moon enters Aries
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:17 to 05:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:31
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:32 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:18
- Karana Kimstughna until 10:09, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:32 Moon enters Aries
- 10:09 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:18 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 05:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:18 – 15:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:33
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 07:32 – 05:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:32 – 05:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:16 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Char | 08:50 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:17 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:53 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:14 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:14 NowJupiter
- 20:11 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:30 Aquarius
- 04:30 – 05:58 Pisces
- 05:58 – 07:36 Aries
- 07:36 – 09:34 Taurus
- 09:34 – 11:47 Gemini
- 11:47 – 14:05 Cancer
- 14:05 – 16:19 Leo
- 16:19 – 18:32 Virgo
- 18:32 – 20:48 Libra
- 20:48 – 23:05 Scorpio
- 23:05 – 01:10 next day Sagittarius
- 01:10 – 02:55 next day Capricorn
- 02:55 – 04:26 next day Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:41 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