Varanasi panchang, 17 April 2024
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 12:48 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:20 to 05:33 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 15:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 23:50
- Karana Kaulava until 15:14, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 15:14 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:50 – 02:14 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. 04:04 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:34 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:34 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:53 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:34 NowMars
- 10:34 NowSun
- 11:34 NowVenus
- 12:34 NowMercury
- 13:34 NowMoon
- 14:34 NowSaturn
- 15:34 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:34 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:34 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:34 NowJupiter
- 23:34 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSun
- 01:34 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:27 Pisces
- 05:27 – 07:05 Aries
- 07:05 – 09:02 Taurus
- 09:02 – 11:16 Gemini
- 11:16 – 13:34 Cancer
- 13:34 – 15:48 Leo
- 15:48 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 20:17 Libra
- 20:17 – 22:34 Scorpio
- 22:34 – 00:39 next day Sagittarius
- 00:39 – 02:24 next day Capricorn
- 02:24 – 03:54 next day Aquarius
- 03:54 – 05:23 next day Pisces
- 05:23 – 05:33 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