Varanasi panchang, 2 July 2024
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 01:39 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Gulika Kalam 12:02 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:09
- 05:27 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:14 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 08:42
- Nakshatra Bharani until 05:27 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:16
- Karana Balava until 08:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:27 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 08:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 08:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:14 Moon enters Taurus
- 11:16 Yoga becomes Shula
- 19:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:19
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:16 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:09
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:05 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:06 – 17:04
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. 03:49 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 04:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:12 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Char | 08:37 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 12:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:09 | Good |
| Rog | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:02 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:55 – 05:13 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
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:20 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 12:02 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMoon
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:29 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSun
- 07:12 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:12 NowMoon
- 10:12 NowSaturn
- 11:12 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:12 NowSun
- 14:12 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:12 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:12 NowMercury
- 23:12 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:12 NowSaturn
- 01:12 NowJupiter
- 02:12 NowMars
- 03:12 NowSun
- 04:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 04:03 Taurus
- 04:03 – 06:17 Gemini
- 06:17 – 08:35 Cancer
- 08:35 – 10:49 Leo
- 10:49 – 13:02 Virgo
- 13:02 – 15:18 Libra
- 15:18 – 17:35 Scorpio
- 17:35 – 19:40 Sagittarius
- 19:40 – 21:25 Capricorn
- 21:25 – 22:56 Aquarius
- 22:56 – 00:24 next day Pisces
- 00:24 – 02:02 next day Aries
- 02:02 – 03:59 next day Taurus
- 03:59 – 05:13 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