Varanasi panchang, 23 May 2024
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 18:41 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:38- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:10 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:57
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:23
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 09:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:11
- Karana Vishti until 07:10, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:10 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:57
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 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 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:10 – 19:23
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:14 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:16 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:57 – 18:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:38 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:57 – 21:16 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:16 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:31 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:43 Aries
- 04:43 – 06:41 Taurus
- 06:41 – 08:54 Gemini
- 08:54 – 11:12 Cancer
- 11:12 – 13:26 Leo
- 13:26 – 15:39 Virgo
- 15:39 – 17:55 Libra
- 17:55 – 20:12 Scorpio
- 20:12 – 22:17 Sagittarius
- 22:17 – 00:02 next day Capricorn
- 00:02 – 01:33 next day Aquarius
- 01:33 – 03:01 next day Pisces
- 03:01 – 04:39 next day Aries
- 04:39 – 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