Varanasi panchang, 28 April 2024
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 22:49 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:26
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:26 to 05:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:48 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 02:05 next day
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 04:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:26
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. 03:57 – 04:41
- 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 18:26 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:25 – 04:48 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:25 – 04:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:25 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:02 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:26 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:43 Pisces
- 04:43 – 06:22 Aries
- 06:22 – 08:19 Taurus
- 08:19 – 10:33 Gemini
- 10:33 – 12:50 Cancer
- 12:50 – 15:04 Leo
- 15:04 – 17:17 Virgo
- 17:17 – 19:34 Libra
- 19:34 – 21:51 Scorpio
- 21:51 – 23:55 Sagittarius
- 23:55 – 01:40 next day Capricorn
- 01:40 – 03:11 next day Aquarius
- 03:11 – 04:40 next day Pisces
- 04:40 – 05:24 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