Varanasi panchang, 20 July 2024
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 18:15 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:48- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:20 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:20 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta 06:14 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:26
- 06:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:00
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 01:48 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:07 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:55, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:00 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:00 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:07 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 01:48 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:20 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:20 – 06:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:14 – 07:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:07 – 01:19 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. 03:56 – 04:38
- 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 05:20 – 01:48 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:20 – 18:00
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:20 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:07 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:01 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:18 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:48 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:06 Gemini
- 05:06 – 07:24 Cancer
- 07:24 – 09:38 Leo
- 09:38 – 11:51 Virgo
- 11:51 – 14:07 Libra
- 14:07 – 16:24 Scorpio
- 16:24 – 18:29 Sagittarius
- 18:29 – 20:14 Capricorn
- 20:14 – 21:45 Aquarius
- 21:45 – 23:13 Pisces
- 23:13 – 00:51 next day Aries
- 00:51 – 02:49 next day Taurus
- 02:49 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 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