Varanasi panchang, 20 April 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 15:25 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:22- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:31 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta 05:31 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta 06:23 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:09
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 02:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 09:23, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 14:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 20:51 Moon enters Virgo
- 22:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:31 – 06:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:23 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:47 – 06:23 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:04 – 05:30 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. 04:02 – 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 18:22 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:31 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:44 | Good |
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:22 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:43 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:31 NowSun
- 09:31 NowVenus
- 10:31 NowMercury
- 11:31 NowMoon
- 12:31 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:31 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:31 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:31 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:31 NowSun
- 23:31 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMercury
- 01:31 NowMoon
- 02:31 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:15 Pisces
- 05:15 – 06:53 Aries
- 06:53 – 08:50 Taurus
- 08:50 – 11:04 Gemini
- 11:04 – 13:22 Cancer
- 13:22 – 15:36 Leo
- 15:36 – 17:49 Virgo
- 17:49 – 20:05 Libra
- 20:05 – 22:22 Scorpio
- 22:22 – 00:27 next day Sagittarius
- 00:27 – 02:12 next day Capricorn
- 02:12 – 03:43 next day Aquarius
- 03:43 – 05:11 next day Pisces
- 05:11 – 05:30 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