Varanasi panchang, 15 April 2024
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 10:53 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:19 to 05:35 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:12
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 03:05 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:08
- Karana Vanija until 12:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 23:08 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:38 – 00:43 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. 04:06 – 04:51
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:05 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:36 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:35 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:06 Aquarius
- 04:06 – 05:35 Pisces
- 05:35 – 07:13 Aries
- 07:13 – 09:10 Taurus
- 09:10 – 11:24 Gemini
- 11:24 – 13:42 Cancer
- 13:42 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 18:08 Virgo
- 18:08 – 20:25 Libra
- 20:25 – 22:42 Scorpio
- 22:42 – 00:47 next day Sagittarius
- 00:47 – 02:31 next day Capricorn
- 02:31 – 04:02 next day Aquarius
- 04:02 – 05:31 next day Pisces
- 05:31 – 05:35 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