Varanasi panchang, 18 June 2024
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 15:30 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 08:34 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam 15:24 – 17:06
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:49 to 05:09 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:38 Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 06:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 21:38
- Karana Vishti until 06:25, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 06:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:38 Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:06
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
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:08 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:51 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Char | 08:34 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:41 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:24 – 17:06 | Good |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:24 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:41 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:16 – 02:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:34 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:51 – 05:09 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 NowMars
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:15 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:24 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:58 Taurus
- 04:58 – 07:12 Gemini
- 07:12 – 09:30 Cancer
- 09:30 – 11:44 Leo
- 11:44 – 13:57 Virgo
- 13:57 – 16:13 Libra
- 16:13 – 18:30 Scorpio
- 18:30 – 20:35 Sagittarius
- 20:35 – 22:20 Capricorn
- 22:20 – 23:51 Aquarius
- 23:51 – 01:19 next day Pisces
- 01:19 – 02:57 next day Aries
- 02:57 – 04:54 next day Taurus
- 04:54 – 05:09 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