Varanasi panchang, 2 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 01:46 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:43- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:49
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:43
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:43 to 05:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:40 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:41 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 01:40 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 12:11
- Karana Bava until 15:53, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:11 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 01:40 next day Moon enters Aries
- 02:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:43
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 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:40 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:50 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:43 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:35 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:08 NowSaturn
- 10:08 NowJupiter
- 11:08 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:08 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:08 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:08 NowMars
- 02:08 NowSun
- 03:08 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:04 Aries
- 04:04 – 06:01 Taurus
- 06:01 – 08:15 Gemini
- 08:15 – 10:33 Cancer
- 10:33 – 12:47 Leo
- 12:47 – 15:00 Virgo
- 15:00 – 17:16 Libra
- 17:16 – 19:33 Scorpio
- 19:33 – 21:38 Sagittarius
- 21:38 – 23:23 Capricorn
- 23:23 – 00:54 next day Aquarius
- 00:54 – 02:22 next day Pisces
- 02:22 – 04:00 next day Aries
- 04:00 – 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