Varanasi panchang, 3 August 2024
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 04:01 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:27 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta 05:27 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:22
- 05:41 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:40 to 05:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:51
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 11:59 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vajra until 11:00
- Karana Shakuni until 15:51, then Chatushpada
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:41 Moon enters Cancer
- 11:00 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 11:59 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:51 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:27 – 07:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:27 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:22
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. 04:01 – 04:44
- 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 18:40 – 20:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:27 – 15:51
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:27 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:06 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 17:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:01 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:40 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:01 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:27 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
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:27 NowMercury
- 11:27 NowMoon
- 12:27 NowSaturn
- 13:27 NowJupiter
- 14:27 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:27 NowJupiter
- 21:27 NowMars
- 22:27 NowSun
- 23:27 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:27 NowMercury
- 01:27 NowMoon
- 02:27 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:11 Gemini
- 04:11 – 06:29 Cancer
- 06:29 – 08:43 Leo
- 08:43 – 10:56 Virgo
- 10:56 – 13:12 Libra
- 13:12 – 15:29 Scorpio
- 15:29 – 17:34 Sagittarius
- 17:34 – 19:19 Capricorn
- 19:19 – 20:50 Aquarius
- 20:50 – 22:18 Pisces
- 22:18 – 23:56 Aries
- 23:56 – 01:54 next day Taurus
- 01:54 – 04:07 next day Gemini
- 04:07 – 05:27 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