Varanasi panchang, 23 July 2024
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 20:36 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:46- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:02 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam 15:25 – 17:06
- 09:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:46 to 05:22 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:57 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:23
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 14:35
- Karana Gara until 10:23, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:20 Moon enters Aquarius
- 10:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:35 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 20:57 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:02 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:25 – 17:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:57 – 07:30 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:21 – 20:18
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:18 – 05:22 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. 03:57 – 04:39
- 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 18:46 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:23 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:21 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Char | 08:43 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:44 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:25 – 17:06 | Good |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 20:06 – 21:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:25 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:43 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:02 – 05:22 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
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:28 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:11 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:39 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:11 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSun
- 07:21 NowVenus
- 08:21 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:21 NowJupiter
- 12:21 NowMars
- 13:21 NowSun
- 14:21 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:21 NowSaturn
- 18:21 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:21 NowVenus
- 22:21 NowMercury
- 23:21 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:21 NowSaturn
- 01:21 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:55 Gemini
- 04:55 – 07:12 Cancer
- 07:12 – 09:26 Leo
- 09:26 – 11:39 Virgo
- 11:39 – 13:56 Libra
- 13:56 – 16:13 Scorpio
- 16:13 – 18:17 Sagittarius
- 18:17 – 20:02 Capricorn
- 20:02 – 21:33 Aquarius
- 21:33 – 23:01 Pisces
- 23:01 – 00:40 next day Aries
- 00:40 – 02:37 next day Taurus
- 02:37 – 04:51 next day Gemini
- 04:51 – 05:22 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