Varanasi panchang, 21 July 2024
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 19:08 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 18:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:25 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam 17:06 – 18:47
- 07:27 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 15:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 00:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 21:11
- Karana Bava until 15:47, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:27 Moon enters Capricorn
- 15:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 15:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 00:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:06 – 18:47
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 18:47 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 00:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:01 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:25 | Good |
| Rog | 15:25 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:06 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:21 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 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:25 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:18 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:02 Gemini
- 05:02 – 07:20 Cancer
- 07:20 – 09:34 Leo
- 09:34 – 11:47 Virgo
- 11:47 – 14:03 Libra
- 14:03 – 16:20 Scorpio
- 16:20 – 18:25 Sagittarius
- 18:25 – 20:10 Capricorn
- 20:10 – 21:41 Aquarius
- 21:41 – 23:09 Pisces
- 23:09 – 00:47 next day Aries
- 00:47 – 02:45 next day Taurus
- 02:45 – 04:59 next day Gemini
- 04:59 – 05:21 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