Varanasi panchang, 18 July 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 16:15 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:48- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:19 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam 08:41 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:06
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:48 to 05:19 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 20:44
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:25 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 06:12
- Karana Bava until 08:59, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 08:59 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:44 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:19 – 07:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:06
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. 03:55 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:25 – 05:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:19 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:00 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:07 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:01 – 05:19 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
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:48 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:42 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:19 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:19 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:19 NowMoon
- 11:19 NowSaturn
- 12:19 NowJupiter
- 13:19 NowMars
- 14:19 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:19 NowSun
- 22:19 NowVenus
- 23:19 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMoon
- 01:19 NowSaturn
- 02:19 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:14 Gemini
- 05:14 – 07:32 Cancer
- 07:32 – 09:46 Leo
- 09:46 – 11:59 Virgo
- 11:59 – 14:15 Libra
- 14:15 – 16:32 Scorpio
- 16:32 – 18:37 Sagittarius
- 18:37 – 20:22 Capricorn
- 20:22 – 21:53 Aquarius
- 21:53 – 23:21 Pisces
- 23:21 – 00:59 next day Aries
- 00:59 – 02:56 next day Taurus
- 02:56 – 05:10 next day Gemini
- 05:10 – 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