Varanasi panchang, 19 April 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 14:34 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:45
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:21 to 05:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:05
- Nakshatra Magha until 10:56 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:44 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:47, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:56 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 20:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:44 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:47 – 20:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 10:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 12:46 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:38 – 13:54
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- 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 05:32 – 10:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:32 – 20:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:56 – 05:31 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:56 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:44 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Char | 16:45 – 18:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:21 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:45 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:53 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:21 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:19 Pisces
- 05:19 – 06:57 Aries
- 06:57 – 08:54 Taurus
- 08:54 – 11:08 Gemini
- 11:08 – 13:26 Cancer
- 13:26 – 15:40 Leo
- 15:40 – 17:53 Virgo
- 17:53 – 20:09 Libra
- 20:09 – 22:26 Scorpio
- 22:26 – 00:31 next day Sagittarius
- 00:31 – 02:16 next day Capricorn
- 02:16 – 03:47 next day Aquarius
- 03:47 – 05:15 next day Pisces
- 05:15 – 05:31 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