Varanasi panchang, 1 August 2024
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 02:03 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:26 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam 08:45 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:09 – 16:02
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:42 to 05:26 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 15:29
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 10:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 12:49
- Karana Taitila until 15:29, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 12:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:09 – 16:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:26 – 10:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:24 – 05:26 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. 04:00 – 04:43
- 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 18:42 – 20:51
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:26 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:23 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:02 – 18:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:42 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:02 – 21:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:23 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:39 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:26 NowMoon
- 11:26 NowSaturn
- 12:26 NowJupiter
- 13:26 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:26 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:26 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:26 NowJupiter
- 20:26 NowMars
- 21:26 NowSun
- 22:26 NowVenus
- 23:26 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMoon
- 01:26 NowSaturn
- 02:26 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:19 Gemini
- 04:19 – 06:37 Cancer
- 06:37 – 08:51 Leo
- 08:51 – 11:04 Virgo
- 11:04 – 13:20 Libra
- 13:20 – 15:37 Scorpio
- 15:37 – 17:42 Sagittarius
- 17:42 – 19:27 Capricorn
- 19:27 – 20:58 Aquarius
- 20:58 – 22:26 Pisces
- 22:26 – 00:04 next day Aries
- 00:04 – 02:01 next day Taurus
- 02:01 – 04:15 next day Gemini
- 04:15 – 05:26 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