Varanasi panchang, 18 April 2024
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 13:42 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:33 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:21 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 17:32
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:56 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 00:42 next day
- Karana Gara until 17:32, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:56 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:56 Moon enters Leo
- 17:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 17:32 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:42 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
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. 04:03 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:33 – 05:32 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:33 – 17:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:33 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:09 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:45 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:45 – 18:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:21 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:45 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:08 – 05:32 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
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:23 Pisces
- 05:23 – 07:01 Aries
- 07:01 – 08:58 Taurus
- 08:58 – 11:12 Gemini
- 11:12 – 13:30 Cancer
- 13:30 – 15:44 Leo
- 15:44 – 17:57 Virgo
- 17:57 – 20:13 Libra
- 20:13 – 22:30 Scorpio
- 22:30 – 00:35 next day Sagittarius
- 00:35 – 02:20 next day Capricorn
- 02:20 – 03:50 next day Aquarius
- 03:50 – 05:19 next day Pisces
- 05:19 – 05:32 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