Varanasi panchang, 19 July 2024
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 17:17 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:01 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta 08:01 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:07
- 08:18 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 19:41
- Nakshatra Mula until 02:55 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 02:40 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:18, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:18 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 19:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:40 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 02:55 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:01 – 08:55
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:40 – 00:07 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. 03:55 – 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 – 20:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:19 – 23:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:55 – 05:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 07:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:01 – 08:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:42 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:01 – 05:20 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:48 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 05:10 Gemini
- 05:10 – 07:28 Cancer
- 07:28 – 09:42 Leo
- 09:42 – 11:55 Virgo
- 11:55 – 14:11 Libra
- 14:11 – 16:28 Scorpio
- 16:28 – 18:33 Sagittarius
- 18:33 – 20:18 Capricorn
- 20:18 – 21:49 Aquarius
- 21:49 – 23:17 Pisces
- 23:17 – 00:55 next day Aries
- 00:55 – 02:53 next day Taurus
- 02:53 – 05:06 next day Gemini
- 05:06 – 05:20 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