Varanasi panchang, 13 July 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 11:33 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:17 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:17 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:26
- 15:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:06 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:50 to 05:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:14 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 15:06
- Nakshatra Hasta until 19:14 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 06:15 next day
- Karana Vanija until 15:06, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 15:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 15:06 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:14 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:17 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:17 – 06:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:17 – 19:14
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:14 – 05:17 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. 03:53 – 04:35
- 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
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:17 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:40 | Good |
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:34 Gemini
- 05:34 – 07:52 Cancer
- 07:52 – 10:06 Leo
- 10:06 – 12:18 Virgo
- 12:18 – 14:35 Libra
- 14:35 – 16:52 Scorpio
- 16:52 – 18:57 Sagittarius
- 18:57 – 20:42 Capricorn
- 20:42 – 22:12 Aquarius
- 22:12 – 23:41 Pisces
- 23:41 – 01:19 next day Aries
- 01:19 – 03:16 next day Taurus
- 03:16 – 05:17 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