Varanasi panchang, 27 July 2024
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 22:59 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 18:44- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta 06:17 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:44 – 15:24
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:59 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:44 to 05:24 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 21:19
- Nakshatra Revati until 12:59 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 22:43
- Karana Vishti until 10:23, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:59 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 12:59 Moon enters Aries
- 21:19 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 21:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:30 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 07:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:17 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:24
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:43 – 00:43 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:23 – 12:59
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 – 04:41
- 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 18:44 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:23 – 12:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:03 – 08:44 | Good |
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:44 – 15:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:24 – 17:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:04 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:44 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:04 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:24 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:04 – 05:24 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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:18 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:31 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:39 Gemini
- 04:39 – 06:57 Cancer
- 06:57 – 09:11 Leo
- 09:11 – 11:23 Virgo
- 11:23 – 13:40 Libra
- 13:40 – 15:57 Scorpio
- 15:57 – 18:02 Sagittarius
- 18:02 – 19:46 Capricorn
- 19:46 – 21:17 Aquarius
- 21:17 – 22:46 Pisces
- 22:46 – 00:24 next day Aries
- 00:24 – 02:21 next day Taurus
- 02:21 – 04:35 next day Gemini
- 04:35 – 05:24 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