Varanasi panchang, 13 May 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 09:39 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:54 – 08:34
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:54
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:33 to 05:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 02:50 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:23 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 07:41
- Karana Kaulava until 14:21, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 11:23 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 14:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:50 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 02:50 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:34
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:41 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:54
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:23 – 05:14 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:23 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:54 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:34 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:14 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:14 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:23 Aries
- 05:23 – 07:20 Taurus
- 07:20 – 09:34 Gemini
- 09:34 – 11:51 Cancer
- 11:51 – 14:05 Leo
- 14:05 – 16:18 Virgo
- 16:18 – 18:35 Libra
- 18:35 – 20:52 Scorpio
- 20:52 – 22:56 Sagittarius
- 22:56 – 00:41 next day Capricorn
- 00:41 – 02:12 next day Aquarius
- 02:12 – 03:41 next day Pisces
- 03:41 – 05:14 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