Varanasi panchang, 26 April 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 20:50 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:25- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:03 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:10 – 16:47
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:25 to 05:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 07:46
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 03:39 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 04:19 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:46, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 07:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:19 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:19 – 15:51 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 03:39 – 05:25 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. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:37
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:26 – 07:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:10 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Char | 16:47 – 18:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:25 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:47 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:40 – 04:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:03 – 05:25 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:51 Pisces
- 04:51 – 06:30 Aries
- 06:30 – 08:27 Taurus
- 08:27 – 10:41 Gemini
- 10:41 – 12:58 Cancer
- 12:58 – 15:12 Leo
- 15:12 – 17:25 Virgo
- 17:25 – 19:42 Libra
- 19:42 – 21:59 Scorpio
- 21:59 – 00:03 next day Sagittarius
- 00:03 – 01:48 next day Capricorn
- 01:48 – 03:19 next day Aquarius
- 03:19 – 04:47 next day Pisces
- 04:47 – 05:25 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