Varanasi panchang, 28 July 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 23:38 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:44- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam 15:24 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta 16:57 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam 17:04 – 18:44
- 08:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:44 to 05:24 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:28
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:47 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shula until 20:11
- Karana Balava until 08:21, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 08:21 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 19:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:28 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:11 Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:24 – 17:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:57 – 17:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:04 – 18:44
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:11 – 22:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:47 – 05:24 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 22:31 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 21:32 – 23:30
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. 03:59 – 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 11:47
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:24 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:04 – 08:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:44 – 15:24 | Good |
| Rog | 15:24 – 17:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:04 – 18:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:44 – 20:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:04 – 21:24 | Good |
| Char | 21:24 – 22:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:24 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:24 NowSaturn
- 10:24 NowJupiter
- 11:24 NowMars
- 12:24 NowSun
- 13:24 NowVenus
- 14:24 NowMercury
- 15:24 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:24 NowMercury
- 22:24 NowMoon
- 23:24 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:24 NowJupiter
- 01:24 NowMars
- 02:24 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:35 Gemini
- 04:35 – 06:53 Cancer
- 06:53 – 09:07 Leo
- 09:07 – 11:19 Virgo
- 11:19 – 13:36 Libra
- 13:36 – 15:53 Scorpio
- 15:53 – 17:58 Sagittarius
- 17:58 – 19:43 Capricorn
- 19:43 – 21:13 Aquarius
- 21:13 – 22:42 Pisces
- 22:42 – 00:20 next day Aries
- 00:20 – 02:17 next day Taurus
- 02:17 – 04:31 next day Gemini
- 04:31 – 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