Varanasi panchang, 9 July 2024
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 08:07 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 18:50- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:58 – 08:52
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:27 – 17:08
- 06:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:52 Moon enters Leo
Night
18:50 to 05:15 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 06:09
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 02:26 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:09, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 06:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 07:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:52 Moon enters Leo
- 18:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:26 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:58 – 08:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:27 – 17:08
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:56 – 07:52 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:26 – 03:09 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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 07:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:15 – 06:09
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:52 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:15 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:57 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:27 – 17:08 | Good |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:50 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:23 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:50 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:27 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:23 NowVenus
- 05:15 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSun
- 07:15 NowVenus
- 08:15 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:15 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:15 NowMars
- 13:15 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:15 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:15 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:15 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:50 Gemini
- 05:50 – 08:07 Cancer
- 08:07 – 10:21 Leo
- 10:21 – 12:34 Virgo
- 12:34 – 14:51 Libra
- 14:51 – 17:08 Scorpio
- 17:08 – 19:12 Sagittarius
- 19:12 – 20:57 Capricorn
- 20:57 – 22:28 Aquarius
- 22:28 – 23:56 Pisces
- 23:56 – 01:35 next day Aries
- 01:35 – 03:32 next day Taurus
- 03:32 – 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