Varanasi panchang, 5 August 2024
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 05:58 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:39- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:07 – 08:45
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 13:42 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta 15:08 – 16:01
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:21 Moon enters Leo
- 18:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:03 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:39 to 05:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 18:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 15:21 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 10:37
- Karana Bava until 18:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:37 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:21 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 15:21 Moon enters Leo
- 18:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 18:03 Karana becomes Balava
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:45
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:08 – 16:01
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 18:39 – 20:49
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:28 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Char | 13:42 – 15:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:21 – 17:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:00 – 18:39 | Good |
| Char | 18:39 – 20:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:00 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:21 – 22:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:42 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:07 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:39 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:21 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:28 NowSun
- 10:28 NowVenus
- 11:28 NowMercury
- 12:28 NowMoon
- 13:28 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:28 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:28 NowJupiter
- 22:28 NowMars
- 23:28 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:28 NowVenus
- 01:28 NowMercury
- 02:28 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:03 Gemini
- 04:03 – 06:21 Cancer
- 06:21 – 08:35 Leo
- 08:35 – 10:48 Virgo
- 10:48 – 13:05 Libra
- 13:05 – 15:21 Scorpio
- 15:21 – 17:26 Sagittarius
- 17:26 – 19:11 Capricorn
- 19:11 – 20:42 Aquarius
- 20:42 – 22:10 Pisces
- 22:10 – 23:49 Aries
- 23:49 – 01:46 next day Taurus
- 01:46 – 04:00 next day Gemini
- 04:00 – 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