Varanasi panchang, 11 April 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 07:17 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:40 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:18 to 05:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 15:03
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:37 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 07:18
- Karana Gara until 15:03, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:40 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 15:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:37 – 05:39 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 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 01:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:22 Aquarius
- 04:22 – 05:50 Pisces
- 05:50 – 07:29 Aries
- 07:29 – 09:26 Taurus
- 09:26 – 11:40 Gemini
- 11:40 – 13:57 Cancer
- 13:57 – 16:11 Leo
- 16:11 – 18:24 Virgo
- 18:24 – 20:41 Libra
- 20:41 – 22:58 Scorpio
- 22:58 – 01:02 next day Sagittarius
- 01:02 – 02:47 next day Capricorn
- 02:47 – 04:18 next day Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:39 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