Varanasi panchang, 28 May 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 23:19 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 18:41- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:51 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:18 – 16:59
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:41 to 05:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:33 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 02:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 15:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:51 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:18 – 16:59
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:09 – 09:33
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 22:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:38 – 23:36
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. 03:45 – 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 18:41 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:09 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Char | 08:32 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:18 – 16:59 | Good |
| Rog | 16:59 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:41 – 19:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:59 – 21:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:18 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:50 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:39 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:09 NowMars
- 06:09 NowSun
- 07:09 NowVenus
- 08:09 NowMercury
- 09:09 NowMoon
- 10:09 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:09 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:09 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:09 NowSun
- 04:09 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:24 Aries
- 04:24 – 06:21 Taurus
- 06:21 – 08:35 Gemini
- 08:35 – 10:52 Cancer
- 10:52 – 13:06 Leo
- 13:06 – 15:19 Virgo
- 15:19 – 17:36 Libra
- 17:36 – 19:53 Scorpio
- 19:53 – 21:57 Sagittarius
- 21:57 – 23:42 Capricorn
- 23:42 – 01:13 next day Aquarius
- 01:13 – 02:42 next day Pisces
- 02:42 – 04:20 next day Aries
- 04:20 – 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