Varanasi panchang, 26 May 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 21:40 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:40
- 06:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:40 to 05:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:06
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:35 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 08:30
- Karana Vanija until 06:35, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:30 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 10:35 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:40
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. 03:45 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 10:35
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:09 – 10:35
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:09 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:40 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:09 NowSun
- 06:09 NowVenus
- 07:09 NowMercury
- 08:09 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:09 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:09 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:09 NowMars
- 19:09 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:09 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:09 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:09 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:32 Aries
- 04:32 – 06:29 Taurus
- 06:29 – 08:43 Gemini
- 08:43 – 11:00 Cancer
- 11:00 – 13:14 Leo
- 13:14 – 15:27 Virgo
- 15:27 – 17:44 Libra
- 17:44 – 20:01 Scorpio
- 20:01 – 22:05 Sagittarius
- 22:05 – 23:50 Capricorn
- 23:50 – 01:21 next day Aquarius
- 01:21 – 02:49 next day Pisces
- 02:49 – 04:28 next day Aries
- 04:28 – 05:09 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