Varanasi panchang, 22 May 2024
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 17:41 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:35
- 06:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:36 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:55 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:48
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 12:36
- Karana Gara until 06:18, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:46 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 12:36 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:55 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:36 – 00:24 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. 03:46 – 04:28
- 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 18:38 – 20:44
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:11 – 07:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:31 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:31 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:47 Aries
- 04:47 – 06:44 Taurus
- 06:44 – 08:58 Gemini
- 08:58 – 11:16 Cancer
- 11:16 – 13:30 Leo
- 13:30 – 15:43 Virgo
- 15:43 – 17:59 Libra
- 17:59 – 20:16 Scorpio
- 20:16 – 22:21 Sagittarius
- 22:21 – 00:06 next day Capricorn
- 00:06 – 01:37 next day Aquarius
- 01:37 – 03:05 next day Pisces
- 03:05 – 04:43 next day Aries
- 04:43 – 05:10 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