Varanasi panchang, 21 April 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 16:15 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:22
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:11 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:08 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:43 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:58, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:08 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 01:11 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:11 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 03:43 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:22
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. 04:01 – 04:46
- 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 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 17:08
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:08 – 05:30 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:08 – 05:30 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:08 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:07 – 08:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:43 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:06 – 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:11 Pisces
- 05:11 – 06:49 Aries
- 06:49 – 08:46 Taurus
- 08:46 – 11:00 Gemini
- 11:00 – 13:18 Cancer
- 13:18 – 15:32 Leo
- 15:32 – 17:45 Virgo
- 17:45 – 20:01 Libra
- 20:01 – 22:18 Scorpio
- 22:18 – 00:23 next day Sagittarius
- 00:23 – 02:08 next day Capricorn
- 02:08 – 03:39 next day Aquarius
- 03:39 – 05:07 next day Pisces
- 05:07 – 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