Varanasi panchang, 4 July 2024
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 03:15 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:13 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:46 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 05:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:58 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:54
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 03:54 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 06:59
- Karana Vanija until 05:54, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 15:58 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:46 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:13 – 03:54 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:54 – 05:13 next day
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. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:58 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:13 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:56 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:13 NowMars
- 07:13 NowSun
- 08:13 NowVenus
- 09:13 NowMercury
- 10:13 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:13 NowJupiter
- 13:13 NowMars
- 14:13 NowSun
- 15:13 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:13 NowSun
- 22:13 NowVenus
- 23:13 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:13 NowJupiter
- 03:13 NowMars
- 04:13 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:55 Taurus
- 03:55 – 06:09 Gemini
- 06:09 – 08:27 Cancer
- 08:27 – 10:41 Leo
- 10:41 – 12:54 Virgo
- 12:54 – 15:10 Libra
- 15:10 – 17:27 Scorpio
- 17:27 – 19:32 Sagittarius
- 19:32 – 21:17 Capricorn
- 21:17 – 22:48 Aquarius
- 22:48 – 00:16 next day Pisces
- 00:16 – 01:54 next day Aries
- 01:54 – 03:51 next day Taurus
- 03:51 – 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