Varanasi panchang, 17 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 14:34 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:05
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:49 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:25 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 13:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Parigha until 21:34
- Karana Vanija until 17:39, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:39 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:05
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:08 – 13:50
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. 03:46 – 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 – 20:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:08 – 13:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 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
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:17 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)
- 03:46 – 05:02 Taurus
- 05:02 – 07:16 Gemini
- 07:16 – 09:34 Cancer
- 09:34 – 11:48 Leo
- 11:48 – 14:01 Virgo
- 14:01 – 16:17 Libra
- 16:17 – 18:34 Scorpio
- 18:34 – 20:39 Sagittarius
- 20:39 – 22:24 Capricorn
- 22:24 – 23:55 Aquarius
- 23:55 – 01:23 next day Pisces
- 01:23 – 03:01 next day Aries
- 03:01 – 04:58 next day Taurus
- 04:58 – 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