Varanasi panchang, 8 July 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 07:11 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:57 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:51 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:09 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 02:05 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:30, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:02 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
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 05:15 – 06:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:57 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:57 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:23 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:23 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:54 Gemini
- 05:54 – 08:11 Cancer
- 08:11 – 10:25 Leo
- 10:25 – 12:38 Virgo
- 12:38 – 14:55 Libra
- 14:55 – 17:12 Scorpio
- 17:12 – 19:16 Sagittarius
- 19:16 – 21:01 Capricorn
- 21:01 – 22:32 Aquarius
- 22:32 – 00:00 next day Pisces
- 00:00 – 01:39 next day Aries
- 01:39 – 03:36 next day Taurus
- 03:36 – 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