Varanasi panchang, 17 May 2024
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 13:18 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:15 – 16:55
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
18:35 to 05:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:49
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 21:18 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 09:20
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 09:20 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 21:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 22:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:04 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:55
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 – 04:30
- 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 18:35 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:13 – 21:18
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:13 – 21:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:13 – 06:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:15 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:55 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:15 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:15 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:07 Aries
- 05:07 – 07:04 Taurus
- 07:04 – 09:18 Gemini
- 09:18 – 11:36 Cancer
- 11:36 – 13:50 Leo
- 13:50 – 16:03 Virgo
- 16:03 – 18:19 Libra
- 18:19 – 20:36 Scorpio
- 20:36 – 22:41 Sagittarius
- 22:41 – 00:26 next day Capricorn
- 00:26 – 01:56 next day Aquarius
- 01:56 – 03:25 next day Pisces
- 03:25 – 05:03 next day Aries
- 05:03 – 05:12 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