Varanasi panchang, 5 May 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 03:12 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:44 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:29
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:42 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:29 to 05:19 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 17:42
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:36
- Karana Kaulava until 07:11, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 17:42 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:57 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 04:03 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:11 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:36 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:44 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:29
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 – 04:36
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:19 – 19:57
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:19 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:29 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:36 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:19 NowMercury
- 08:19 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:19 NowMars
- 12:19 NowSun
- 13:19 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:19 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:19 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:19 NowJupiter
- 01:19 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:16 Pisces
- 04:16 – 05:54 Aries
- 05:54 – 07:51 Taurus
- 07:51 – 10:05 Gemini
- 10:05 – 12:23 Cancer
- 12:23 – 14:37 Leo
- 14:37 – 16:50 Virgo
- 16:50 – 19:06 Libra
- 19:06 – 21:23 Scorpio
- 21:23 – 23:28 Sagittarius
- 23:28 – 01:13 next day Capricorn
- 01:13 – 02:44 next day Aquarius
- 02:44 – 04:12 next day Pisces
- 04:12 – 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