Varanasi panchang, 12 April 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 08:05 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:18- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:14 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:43
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:12 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:12
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:50 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 02:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:12, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:12 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 00:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:43
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- 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 00:50 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:39 – 07:14 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:14 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:18 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:39 NowSaturn
- 09:39 NowJupiter
- 10:39 NowMars
- 11:39 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:39 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:39 NowSaturn
- 16:39 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:39 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:39 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:39 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:39 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:18 Aquarius
- 04:18 – 05:46 Pisces
- 05:46 – 07:25 Aries
- 07:25 – 09:22 Taurus
- 09:22 – 11:36 Gemini
- 11:36 – 13:53 Cancer
- 13:53 – 16:07 Leo
- 16:07 – 18:20 Virgo
- 18:20 – 20:37 Libra
- 20:37 – 22:54 Scorpio
- 22:54 – 00:58 next day Sagittarius
- 00:58 – 02:43 next day Capricorn
- 02:43 – 04:14 next day Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:38 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