Varanasi panchang, 24 April 2024
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 18:53 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:05 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- 18:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:24 to 05:27 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 05:04 next day
- Karana Balava until 18:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 18:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 05:04 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:04 – 04:52 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. 03:59 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:24 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:05 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:24 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:04 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:46 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:59 Pisces
- 04:59 – 06:37 Aries
- 06:37 – 08:35 Taurus
- 08:35 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:06 Cancer
- 13:06 – 15:20 Leo
- 15:20 – 17:33 Virgo
- 17:33 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:11 next day Sagittarius
- 00:11 – 01:56 next day Capricorn
- 01:56 – 03:27 next day Aquarius
- 03:27 – 04:55 next day Pisces
- 04:55 – 05:27 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