Varanasi panchang, 29 May 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 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
05:09 to 18:41- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:37
- 08:38 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:41 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:40
- Nakshatra Shravana until 08:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 23:33
- Karana Vanija until 13:40, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:38 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:40 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:06 Moon enters Aquarius
- 23:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:06 – 00:43 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:33 – 20:52 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:38 – 05:08 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. 03:45 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:38 – 05:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:40 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:41 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:50 – 05:08 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 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:20 Aries
- 04:20 – 06:17 Taurus
- 06:17 – 08:31 Gemini
- 08:31 – 10:49 Cancer
- 10:49 – 13:03 Leo
- 13:03 – 15:15 Virgo
- 15:15 – 17:32 Libra
- 17:32 – 19:49 Scorpio
- 19:49 – 21:54 Sagittarius
- 21:54 – 23:38 Capricorn
- 23:38 – 01:09 next day Aquarius
- 01:09 – 02:38 next day Pisces
- 02:38 – 04:16 next day Aries
- 04:16 – 05:08 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