Varanasi panchang, 5 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 03:43 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 18:45- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:38
- 08:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:45 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 03:44 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:55
- Nakshatra Krittika until 21:16 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 00:35 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:56, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:56 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 19:55 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:55 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 21:16 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 00:35 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:38
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. 03:44 – 04:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:45 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 21:16
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:08 – 21:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:16 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:20 | Bad |
| Char | 15:20 – 17:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:02 – 18:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:45 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:02 – 21:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:20 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:28 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:44 – 03:52 Aries
- 03:52 – 05:49 Taurus
- 05:49 – 08:03 Gemini
- 08:03 – 10:21 Cancer
- 10:21 – 12:35 Leo
- 12:35 – 14:48 Virgo
- 14:48 – 17:04 Libra
- 17:04 – 19:21 Scorpio
- 19:21 – 21:26 Sagittarius
- 21:26 – 23:11 Capricorn
- 23:11 – 00:42 next day Aquarius
- 00:42 – 02:10 next day Pisces
- 02:10 – 03:48 next day Aries
- 03:48 – 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