Varanasi panchang, 6 July 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 05:11 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:51- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:14 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:14 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:27
- 16:22 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:51 to 05:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:26 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:47 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyaghata until 02:47 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:22, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 02:47 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:48 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:14 – 06:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 07:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:27
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. 03:51 – 04:32
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:56 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:22 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:54 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 06:01 Gemini
- 06:01 – 08:19 Cancer
- 08:19 – 10:33 Leo
- 10:33 – 12:46 Virgo
- 12:46 – 15:02 Libra
- 15:02 – 17:19 Scorpio
- 17:19 – 19:24 Sagittarius
- 19:24 – 21:09 Capricorn
- 21:09 – 22:40 Aquarius
- 22:40 – 00:08 next day Pisces
- 00:08 – 01:46 next day Aries
- 01:46 – 03:44 next day Taurus
- 03:44 – 05:14 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