Varanasi panchang, 14 April 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 09:55 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:44 – 18:19
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:19 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:34 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 23:32
- Karana Taitila until 11:44, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:34 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:44 – 18:19
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. 04:06 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 01:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:37 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:44 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:37 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:37 NowSaturn
- 10:37 NowJupiter
- 11:37 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:37 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:37 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:37 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:37 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:37 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:37 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:37 NowJupiter
- 01:37 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:37 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:10 Aquarius
- 04:10 – 05:38 Pisces
- 05:38 – 07:17 Aries
- 07:17 – 09:14 Taurus
- 09:14 – 11:28 Gemini
- 11:28 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:12 Virgo
- 18:12 – 20:29 Libra
- 20:29 – 22:46 Scorpio
- 22:46 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:35 next day Capricorn
- 02:35 – 04:06 next day Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:35 next day Pisces
- 05:35 – 05:36 next day Aries
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