Varanasi panchang, 2 May 2024
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 01:20 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:22 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam 08:38 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:50
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:28 to 05:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:53 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:48 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 17:18
- Karana Taitila until 15:00, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:32 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:53 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:50
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 21:30 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:32 – 22:28
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. 03:54 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:28 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:53 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:38 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:28 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:59 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:28 Pisces
- 04:28 – 06:06 Aries
- 06:06 – 08:03 Taurus
- 08:03 – 10:17 Gemini
- 10:17 – 12:35 Cancer
- 12:35 – 14:49 Leo
- 14:49 – 17:02 Virgo
- 17:02 – 19:18 Libra
- 19:18 – 21:35 Scorpio
- 21:35 – 23:40 Sagittarius
- 23:40 – 01:25 next day Capricorn
- 01:25 – 02:55 next day Aquarius
- 02:55 – 04:24 next day Pisces
- 04:24 – 05:21 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