Varanasi panchang, 29 July 2024
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:43 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 18:43- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:04 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:04
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:43 to 05:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 17:56
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 17:54
- Karana Taitila until 06:39, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:39 Karana becomes Gara
- 10:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:45 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 17:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 17:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:18 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:04
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 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:52
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:24 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:04 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:03 – 18:43 | Good |
| Char | 18:43 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:05 – 05:25 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:31 Gemini
- 04:31 – 06:49 Cancer
- 06:49 – 09:03 Leo
- 09:03 – 11:16 Virgo
- 11:16 – 13:32 Libra
- 13:32 – 15:49 Scorpio
- 15:49 – 17:54 Sagittarius
- 17:54 – 19:39 Capricorn
- 19:39 – 21:09 Aquarius
- 21:09 – 22:38 Pisces
- 22:38 – 00:16 next day Aries
- 00:16 – 02:13 next day Taurus
- 02:13 – 04:27 next day Gemini
- 04:27 – 05:25 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