Varanasi panchang, 14 May 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 10:38 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:34- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:54 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:54
- 07:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 05:14 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 04:19 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:05 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 07:24
- Karana Gara until 15:30, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:24 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 15:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:54 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:54
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18 next day
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 – 04:31
- 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 18:34 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 13:05
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:05 – 05:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:19 – 05:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:14 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:54 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Char | 08:34 – 10:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:54 | Good |
| Rog | 16:54 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:34 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:54 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:54 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:27 NowJupiter
- 20:20 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:20 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMars
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:19 Aries
- 05:19 – 07:16 Taurus
- 07:16 – 09:30 Gemini
- 09:30 – 11:48 Cancer
- 11:48 – 14:01 Leo
- 14:01 – 16:14 Virgo
- 16:14 – 18:31 Libra
- 18:31 – 20:48 Scorpio
- 20:48 – 22:53 Sagittarius
- 22:53 – 00:37 next day Capricorn
- 00:37 – 02:08 next day Aquarius
- 02:08 – 03:37 next day Pisces
- 03:37 – 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