Varanasi panchang, 14 July 2024
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 12:25 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 18:49- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:49
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:43 Moon enters Libra
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:26 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 17:26
- Nakshatra Chitra until 22:06 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 06:15
- Karana Bava until 17:26, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 08:43 Moon enters Libra
- 17:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 17:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:06 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:49
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. 03:54 – 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 18:49 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:06 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:49 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 05:18 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 NowSun
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:49 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:30 Gemini
- 05:30 – 07:48 Cancer
- 07:48 – 10:02 Leo
- 10:02 – 12:15 Virgo
- 12:15 – 14:31 Libra
- 14:31 – 16:48 Scorpio
- 16:48 – 18:53 Sagittarius
- 18:53 – 20:38 Capricorn
- 20:38 – 22:08 Aquarius
- 22:08 – 23:37 Pisces
- 23:37 – 01:15 next day Aries
- 01:15 – 03:12 next day Taurus
- 03:12 – 05:18 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