Varanasi panchang, 16 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 13:42 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 18:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:23 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 16:59 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:49
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:41 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 05:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 04:44 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:12 · lord Moon
- Yoga Variyan until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 15:41, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 00:35 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:59 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:49
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 09:18 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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:49 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:08 – 11:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:08 – 11:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:08 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:23 | Good |
| Rog | 15:23 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:23 | Good |
| Char | 21:23 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 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
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:23 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:23 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:17 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 – 05:06 Taurus
- 05:06 – 07:20 Gemini
- 07:20 – 09:38 Cancer
- 09:38 – 11:52 Leo
- 11:52 – 14:05 Virgo
- 14:05 – 16:21 Libra
- 16:21 – 18:38 Scorpio
- 18:38 – 20:43 Sagittarius
- 20:43 – 22:28 Capricorn
- 22:28 – 23:58 Aquarius
- 23:58 – 01:27 next day Pisces
- 01:27 – 03:05 next day Aries
- 03:05 – 05:02 next day Taurus
- 05:02 – 05:08 next day Gemini
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