Varanasi panchang, 12 May 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 08:39 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:33- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:33
- 08:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:26 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:33 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:05 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 02:04 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 10:26 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:33
- Karana Bava until 13:58, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:33 Yoga becomes Shula
- 10:26 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:04 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 02:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:05 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:33 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:33
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. 03:49 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 10:26
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:15 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:55 – 08:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:35 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:33 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:54 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:33 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:15 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:15 NowMoon
- 09:15 NowSaturn
- 10:15 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:15 NowSun
- 13:15 NowVenus
- 14:15 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:15 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:15 NowMars
- 19:15 NowSun
- 20:15 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:15 NowMoon
- 23:15 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:15 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:15 NowVenus
- 04:15 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:27 Aries
- 05:27 – 07:24 Taurus
- 07:24 – 09:38 Gemini
- 09:38 – 11:55 Cancer
- 11:55 – 14:09 Leo
- 14:09 – 16:22 Virgo
- 16:22 – 18:39 Libra
- 18:39 – 20:56 Scorpio
- 20:56 – 23:00 Sagittarius
- 23:00 – 00:45 next day Capricorn
- 00:45 – 02:16 next day Aquarius
- 02:16 – 03:44 next day Pisces
- 03:44 – 05:15 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