Varanasi panchang, 11 July 2024
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 09:53 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:50- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:16 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 10:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 10:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 10:04
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 13:04 · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 04:08 next day
- Karana Balava until 10:04, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 10:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 19:49 Moon enters Virgo
- 23:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:08 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:08 – 16:41 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:04 – 05:16 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 – 04:34
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 10:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:04 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:16 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:58 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 12:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:27 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:58 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:24 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:16 NowSun
- 08:16 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:16 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:16 NowJupiter
- 13:16 NowMars
- 14:16 NowSun
- 15:16 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:16 NowSun
- 22:16 NowVenus
- 23:16 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:16 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:42 Gemini
- 05:42 – 08:00 Cancer
- 08:00 – 10:13 Leo
- 10:13 – 12:26 Virgo
- 12:26 – 14:43 Libra
- 14:43 – 17:00 Scorpio
- 17:00 – 19:04 Sagittarius
- 19:04 – 20:49 Capricorn
- 20:49 – 22:20 Aquarius
- 22:20 – 23:49 Pisces
- 23:49 – 01:27 next day Aries
- 01:27 – 03:24 next day Taurus
- 03:24 – 05:16 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