Varanasi panchang, 15 May 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 11:34 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:34 to 05:13 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 06:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:41
- Karana Vishti until 17:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:41 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 15:25 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:25 Moon enters Leo
- 17:18 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 04:19 – 15:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:25 – 17:18
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 06:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:25 – 07:37
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. 03:48 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:13 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 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:21 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:15 Aries
- 05:15 – 07:12 Taurus
- 07:12 – 09:26 Gemini
- 09:26 – 11:44 Cancer
- 11:44 – 13:58 Leo
- 13:58 – 16:10 Virgo
- 16:10 – 18:27 Libra
- 18:27 – 20:44 Scorpio
- 20:44 – 22:49 Sagittarius
- 22:49 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:04 next day Aquarius
- 02:04 – 03:33 next day Pisces
- 03:33 – 05:11 next day Aries
- 05:11 – 05:13 next day Taurus
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