Varanasi panchang, 15 July 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 13:18 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:49- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:59 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:22 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 06:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:19
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:29 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 06:59
- Karana Balava until 06:27, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:27 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 19:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:19 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- 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. 03:54 – 04:36
- 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 05:18 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:18 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:59 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:22 | Good |
| Rog | 10:22 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
| Char | 18:49 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:41 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:41 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:18 NowMoon
- 06:18 NowSaturn
- 07:18 NowJupiter
- 08:18 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:18 NowVenus
- 11:18 NowMercury
- 12:18 NowMoon
- 13:18 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:18 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:18 NowMoon
- 20:18 NowSaturn
- 21:18 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:18 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:18 NowVenus
- 01:18 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:26 Gemini
- 05:26 – 07:44 Cancer
- 07:44 – 09:58 Leo
- 09:58 – 12:11 Virgo
- 12:11 – 14:27 Libra
- 14:27 – 16:44 Scorpio
- 16:44 – 18:49 Sagittarius
- 18:49 – 20:34 Capricorn
- 20:34 – 22:04 Aquarius
- 22:04 – 23:33 Pisces
- 23:33 – 01:11 next day Aries
- 01:11 – 03:08 next day Taurus
- 03:08 – 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