Varanasi panchang, 12 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 10:18 Jyeshtha 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 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:40
- 06:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:47 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:17
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:12 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 17:14
- Karana Kaulava until 06:18, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:14 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:17 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:14 – 18:26
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 02:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:17 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:22 | Bad |
| Char | 15:22 – 17:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:05 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:05 – 21:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:22 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 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
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:39 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:39 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:33 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)
- 03:45 – 05:22 Taurus
- 05:22 – 07:36 Gemini
- 07:36 – 09:54 Cancer
- 09:54 – 12:07 Leo
- 12:07 – 14:20 Virgo
- 14:20 – 16:37 Libra
- 16:37 – 18:54 Scorpio
- 18:54 – 20:59 Sagittarius
- 20:59 – 22:43 Capricorn
- 22:43 – 00:14 next day Aquarius
- 00:14 – 01:43 next day Pisces
- 01:43 – 03:21 next day Aries
- 03:21 – 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