Varanasi panchang, 25 April 2024
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 19:50 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:27 – 07:04
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:49
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:24 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 06:46
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:23 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 04:52 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 06:46, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 06:46 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 02:23 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:52 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:49
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 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:23 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:27 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:04 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:41 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:24 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:47 – 21:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:24 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:27 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:27 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:27 NowMoon
- 11:27 NowSaturn
- 12:27 NowJupiter
- 13:27 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:27 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:27 NowVenus
- 23:27 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMoon
- 01:27 NowSaturn
- 02:27 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:55 Pisces
- 04:55 – 06:33 Aries
- 06:33 – 08:31 Taurus
- 08:31 – 10:45 Gemini
- 10:45 – 13:02 Cancer
- 13:02 – 15:16 Leo
- 15:16 – 17:29 Virgo
- 17:29 – 19:46 Libra
- 19:46 – 22:03 Scorpio
- 22:03 – 00:07 next day Sagittarius
- 00:07 – 01:52 next day Capricorn
- 01:52 – 03:23 next day Aquarius
- 03:23 – 04:51 next day Pisces
- 04:51 – 05:26 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