Varanasi panchang, 13 April 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 08:58 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta 06:28 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:08
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:44 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:18 to 05:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 12:04
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 00:49 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:33 next day
- Karana Balava until 12:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 12:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:44 Moon enters Gemini
- 23:48 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:33 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 00:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:28 – 07:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:33 – 02:57 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. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- 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 05:38 – 21:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:49 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:14 Aquarius
- 04:14 – 05:42 Pisces
- 05:42 – 07:21 Aries
- 07:21 – 09:18 Taurus
- 09:18 – 11:32 Gemini
- 11:32 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 16:03 Leo
- 16:03 – 18:16 Virgo
- 18:16 – 20:33 Libra
- 20:33 – 22:50 Scorpio
- 22:50 – 00:54 next day Sagittarius
- 00:54 – 02:39 next day Capricorn
- 02:39 – 04:10 next day Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:37 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