Varanasi panchang, 10 May 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 06:43 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:32- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta 07:55 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:52
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:32 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 02:50 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 10:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 12:06
- Karana Taitila until 15:29, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:26 Moon enters Gemini
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:55 – 08:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:52
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. 03:50 – 04:33
- 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 18:32 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:46 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:16 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:35 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:13 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:07 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:28 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
- 05:16 NowVenus
- 06:16 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:16 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:16 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:16 NowVenus
- 13:16 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:16 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:16 NowMercury
- 04:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:56 Pisces
- 03:56 – 05:35 Aries
- 05:35 – 07:32 Taurus
- 07:32 – 09:46 Gemini
- 09:46 – 12:03 Cancer
- 12:03 – 14:17 Leo
- 14:17 – 16:30 Virgo
- 16:30 – 18:47 Libra
- 18:47 – 21:04 Scorpio
- 21:04 – 23:08 Sagittarius
- 23:08 – 00:53 next day Capricorn
- 00:53 – 02:24 next day Aquarius
- 02:24 – 03:52 next day Pisces
- 03:52 – 05:16 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