Varanasi panchang, 8 May 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 05:06 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
18:31 to 05:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 08:51
- Nakshatra Bharani until 13:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Saubhagya until 17:40
- Karana Naga until 08:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 08:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 13:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:40 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 19:33 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:17 – 13:33
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. 03:51 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:31 – 20:40
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:33 – 05:17 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:33 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:17 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:31 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:56 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:04 Pisces
- 04:04 – 05:42 Aries
- 05:42 – 07:40 Taurus
- 07:40 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:11 Cancer
- 12:11 – 14:25 Leo
- 14:25 – 16:38 Virgo
- 16:38 – 18:54 Libra
- 18:54 – 21:11 Scorpio
- 21:11 – 23:16 Sagittarius
- 23:16 – 01:01 next day Capricorn
- 01:01 – 02:32 next day Aquarius
- 02:32 – 04:00 next day Pisces
- 04:00 – 05:17 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