Varanasi panchang, 19 May 2024
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 14:59 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:56 – 18:36
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:36 to 05:11 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 13:50
- Nakshatra Hasta until 03:16 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 11:23
- Karana Vishti until 13:50, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:23 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 13:50 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:56 – 18:36
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. 03:47 – 04:29
- 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 18:36 – 20:43
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:12 – 03:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 03:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:52 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:56 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:59 Aries
- 04:59 – 06:56 Taurus
- 06:56 – 09:10 Gemini
- 09:10 – 11:28 Cancer
- 11:28 – 13:42 Leo
- 13:42 – 15:55 Virgo
- 15:55 – 18:11 Libra
- 18:11 – 20:28 Scorpio
- 20:28 – 22:33 Sagittarius
- 22:33 – 00:18 next day Capricorn
- 00:18 – 01:49 next day Aquarius
- 01:49 – 03:17 next day Pisces
- 03:17 – 04:55 next day Aries
- 04:55 – 05:11 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