Varanasi panchang, 3 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 02:22 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 18:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:50 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta 15:06 – 16:01
- 09:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:30 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:44 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:04 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 09:10
- Karana Kaulava until 13:30, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 09:10 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 13:30 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:06 – 16:01
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) 11:29 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:44 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:20 – 17:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:02 – 18:44 | Good |
| Char | 18:44 – 20:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:02 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:20 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:08 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:12 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:48 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:00 Aries
- 04:00 – 05:57 Taurus
- 05:57 – 08:11 Gemini
- 08:11 – 10:29 Cancer
- 10:29 – 12:43 Leo
- 12:43 – 14:56 Virgo
- 14:56 – 17:12 Libra
- 17:12 – 19:29 Scorpio
- 19:29 – 21:34 Sagittarius
- 21:34 – 23:19 Capricorn
- 23:19 – 00:50 next day Aquarius
- 00:50 – 02:18 next day Pisces
- 02:18 – 03:56 next day Aries
- 03:56 – 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