Varanasi panchang, 20 June 2024
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 17:29 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:09 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam 08:34 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:42 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:42 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:05
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:50 to 05:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 07:50
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:10 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:12
- Karana Taitila until 07:50, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:10 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 19:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:12 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:42 – 10:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:05
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) 11:32 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:09 – 18:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:09 – 18:10
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:51 – 08:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:34 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:42 – 15:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:24 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:24 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:42 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:34 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:09 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
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:42 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:24 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:24 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:42 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:17 NowSun
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:50 Taurus
- 04:50 – 07:04 Gemini
- 07:04 – 09:22 Cancer
- 09:22 – 11:36 Leo
- 11:36 – 13:49 Virgo
- 13:49 – 16:05 Libra
- 16:05 – 18:22 Scorpio
- 18:22 – 20:27 Sagittarius
- 20:27 – 22:12 Capricorn
- 22:12 – 23:43 Aquarius
- 23:43 – 01:11 next day Pisces
- 01:11 – 02:49 next day Aries
- 02:49 – 04:47 next day Taurus
- 04:47 – 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