Varanasi panchang, 4 August 2024
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 05:01 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:54 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:40
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:40 to 05:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:43
- Nakshatra Pushya until 13:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:38
- Karana Naga until 16:43, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:38 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:43 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 05:19 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:38 – 10:37 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:54 – 17:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:40
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 – 20:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:27 – 13:26
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:06 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:40 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 05:28 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 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:15 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:40 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:07 Gemini
- 04:07 – 06:25 Cancer
- 06:25 – 08:39 Leo
- 08:39 – 10:52 Virgo
- 10:52 – 13:08 Libra
- 13:08 – 15:25 Scorpio
- 15:25 – 17:30 Sagittarius
- 17:30 – 19:15 Capricorn
- 19:15 – 20:46 Aquarius
- 20:46 – 22:14 Pisces
- 22:14 – 23:52 Aries
- 23:52 – 01:50 next day Taurus
- 01:50 – 04:03 next day Gemini
- 04:03 – 05:28 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