Varanasi panchang, 16 April 2024
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 11:51 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:59
- Yamaganda 08:46 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:44
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:20 to 05:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 13:24
- Nakshatra Pushya until 05:15 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 23:16
- Karana Bava until 13:24, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 13:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 02:15 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:59
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:16 – 01:16 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. 04:05 – 04:50
- 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 18:20 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:35 – 13:24
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 05:34 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:35 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Char | 08:46 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:44 | Good |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:45 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:10 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:38 NowVenus
- 05:35 NowMars
- 06:35 NowSun
- 07:35 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:35 NowMoon
- 10:35 NowSaturn
- 11:35 NowJupiter
- 12:35 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:35 NowVenus
- 15:35 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:35 NowMercury
- 23:35 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSaturn
- 01:35 NowJupiter
- 02:35 NowMars
- 03:35 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:31 Pisces
- 05:31 – 07:09 Aries
- 07:09 – 09:06 Taurus
- 09:06 – 11:20 Gemini
- 11:20 – 13:38 Cancer
- 13:38 – 15:52 Leo
- 15:52 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:21 Libra
- 20:21 – 22:38 Scorpio
- 22:38 – 00:43 next day Sagittarius
- 00:43 – 02:28 next day Capricorn
- 02:28 – 03:58 next day Aquarius
- 03:58 – 05:27 next day Pisces
- 05:27 – 05:34 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