Varanasi panchang, 26 June 2024
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 22:38 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:53 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:43
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:51 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 20:55
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:05 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:13
- Karana Kaulava until 10:03, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:13 Yoga becomes Priti
- 10:03 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:05 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:20 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:43
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:10 – 13:05
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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:53 – 08:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:43 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:43 | Good |
| Char | 22:43 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:53 – 05:11 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
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:19 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:27 Taurus
- 04:27 – 06:41 Gemini
- 06:41 – 08:58 Cancer
- 08:58 – 11:12 Leo
- 11:12 – 13:25 Virgo
- 13:25 – 15:42 Libra
- 15:42 – 17:59 Scorpio
- 17:59 – 20:03 Sagittarius
- 20:03 – 21:48 Capricorn
- 21:48 – 23:19 Aquarius
- 23:19 – 00:48 next day Pisces
- 00:48 – 02:26 next day Aries
- 02:26 – 04:23 next day Taurus
- 04:23 – 05:11 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