Varanasi panchang, 10 April 2024
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 06:34 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:33
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:17 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:32
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:05 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 10:37
- Karana Balava until 06:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:14 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:33
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 – 03:05 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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 17:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 05:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:05 – 05:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:05 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:41 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:17 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:42 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:26 Aquarius
- 04:26 – 05:54 Pisces
- 05:54 – 07:32 Aries
- 07:32 – 09:30 Taurus
- 09:30 – 11:43 Gemini
- 11:43 – 14:01 Cancer
- 14:01 – 16:15 Leo
- 16:15 – 18:28 Virgo
- 18:28 – 20:45 Libra
- 20:45 – 23:01 Scorpio
- 23:01 – 01:06 next day Sagittarius
- 01:06 – 02:51 next day Capricorn
- 02:51 – 04:22 next day Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:40 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