Varanasi panchang, 23 April 2024
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 17:58 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 08:42 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:46
- 09:18 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:18 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 04:56 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 09:18 Moon enters Libra
- 16:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:32 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:56 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 05:18 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 05:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:46
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. 04:00 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:29 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:05 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Char | 08:42 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:29 NowMoon
- 10:29 NowSaturn
- 11:29 NowJupiter
- 12:29 NowMars
- 13:29 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:29 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:29 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSaturn
- 01:29 NowJupiter
- 02:29 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:03 Pisces
- 05:03 – 06:41 Aries
- 06:41 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 13:10 Cancer
- 13:10 – 15:24 Leo
- 15:24 – 17:37 Virgo
- 17:37 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:10 Scorpio
- 22:10 – 00:15 next day Sagittarius
- 00:15 – 02:00 next day Capricorn
- 02:00 – 03:31 next day Aquarius
- 03:31 – 04:59 next day Pisces
- 04:59 – 05:28 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