Varanasi panchang, 16 July 2024
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 14:14 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:54
- Yamaganda 08:41 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam 15:26 – 17:08
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 05:19 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:52 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 20:34
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 02:13 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:18
- Karana Taitila until 08:02, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 07:18 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 08:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:52 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:34 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 20:34 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:08
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 13:57 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:53 – 15:02
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 – 12:31
- 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 – 02:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:18 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:59 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Char | 08:41 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 12:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:26 – 17:08 | Good |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:00 – 05:19 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
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:26 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:49 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:18 NowMars
- 06:18 NowSun
- 07:18 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:18 NowSaturn
- 11:18 NowJupiter
- 12:18 NowMars
- 13:18 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:18 NowMercury
- 16:18 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:18 NowSun
- 21:18 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:18 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSaturn
- 01:18 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:22 Gemini
- 05:22 – 07:40 Cancer
- 07:40 – 09:54 Leo
- 09:54 – 12:07 Virgo
- 12:07 – 14:23 Libra
- 14:23 – 16:40 Scorpio
- 16:40 – 18:45 Sagittarius
- 18:45 – 20:30 Capricorn
- 20:30 – 22:01 Aquarius
- 22:01 – 23:29 Pisces
- 23:29 – 01:07 next day Aries
- 01:07 – 03:04 next day Taurus
- 03:04 – 05:18 next day Gemini
- 05:18 – 05:19 next day Cancer
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