Varanasi panchang, 4 May 2024
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 02:37 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:29- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:20 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:20 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:37 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:12
- 10:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:38 Moon enters Pisces
Night
18:29 to 05:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 20:39
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:07 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 11:03
- Karana Bava until 10:03, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:03 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:38 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:20 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:03 – 07:36 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:12
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. 03:53 – 04:37
- 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 18:29 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:20 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:37 | Good |
| Rog | 08:37 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:12 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:29 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:15 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:37 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:23 NowVenus
- 18:29 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:31 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:20 Pisces
- 04:20 – 05:58 Aries
- 05:58 – 07:55 Taurus
- 07:55 – 10:09 Gemini
- 10:09 – 12:27 Cancer
- 12:27 – 14:41 Leo
- 14:41 – 16:54 Virgo
- 16:54 – 19:10 Libra
- 19:10 – 21:27 Scorpio
- 21:27 – 23:32 Sagittarius
- 23:32 – 01:17 next day Capricorn
- 01:17 – 02:48 next day Aquarius
- 02:48 – 04:16 next day Pisces
- 04:16 – 05:19 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