Varanasi panchang, 26 July 2024
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:45 Moonrise 22:23 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:45- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:03 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:03 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:24 – 17:05
- 12:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:45 to 05:23 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:45 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:31 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 23:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 14:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 01:31 next day
- Karana Gara until 12:42, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 23:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:31 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:03 – 08:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:05
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:30 – 10:23 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. 03:58 – 04:40
- 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 18:45 – 20:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:23 – 23:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 14:30 – 05:23 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 14:30 – 05:23 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:30 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:23 – 07:03 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:03 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:24 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Char | 17:05 – 18:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:45 – 20:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:05 – 21:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:25 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:04 – 05:23 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
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:37 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:43 Gemini
- 04:43 – 07:01 Cancer
- 07:01 – 09:14 Leo
- 09:14 – 11:27 Virgo
- 11:27 – 13:44 Libra
- 13:44 – 16:01 Scorpio
- 16:01 – 18:06 Sagittarius
- 18:06 – 19:50 Capricorn
- 19:50 – 21:21 Aquarius
- 21:21 – 22:50 Pisces
- 22:50 – 00:28 next day Aries
- 00:28 – 02:25 next day Taurus
- 02:25 – 04:39 next day Gemini
- 04:39 – 05:23 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