Varanasi panchang, 7 July 2024
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 06:12 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:27 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta 17:02 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:09 – 18:51
- 16:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:51 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:00 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:02 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Harshana until 02:12 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:38, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:12 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 05:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:00 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:02 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:09 – 18:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:12 – 03:24 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. 03:51 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- 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 05:14 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:14 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:56 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:27 | Good |
| Rog | 15:27 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:57 – 05:15 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 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:35 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:14 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:14 NowMoon
- 09:14 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:14 NowSun
- 13:14 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:14 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:14 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:14 NowVenus
- 04:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:58 Gemini
- 05:58 – 08:15 Cancer
- 08:15 – 10:29 Leo
- 10:29 – 12:42 Virgo
- 12:42 – 14:59 Libra
- 14:59 – 17:15 Scorpio
- 17:15 – 19:20 Sagittarius
- 19:20 – 21:05 Capricorn
- 21:05 – 22:36 Aquarius
- 22:36 – 00:04 next day Pisces
- 00:04 – 01:43 next day Aries
- 01:43 – 03:40 next day Taurus
- 03:40 – 05:15 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