Varanasi panchang, 9 August 2024
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 09:26 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:36- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:08 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta 08:07 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:21
- Yamaganda 15:19 – 16:58
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:55 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:36 to 05:30 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 03:14 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:44 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 13:45
- Karana Bava until 13:55, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 13:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:14 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 03:14 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:07 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:58
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. 04:02 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:44 – 05:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:14 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:29 – 07:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:08 – 08:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:41 | Good |
| Rog | 13:41 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:19 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Char | 16:58 – 18:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:36 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:58 – 21:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:20 – 22:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:08 – 05:30 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:14 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:14 NowMoon
- 23:09 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:03 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:05 Cancer
- 06:05 – 08:19 Leo
- 08:19 – 10:32 Virgo
- 10:32 – 12:49 Libra
- 12:49 – 15:06 Scorpio
- 15:06 – 17:10 Sagittarius
- 17:10 – 18:55 Capricorn
- 18:55 – 20:26 Aquarius
- 20:26 – 21:55 Pisces
- 21:55 – 23:33 Aries
- 23:33 – 01:30 next day Taurus
- 01:30 – 03:44 next day Gemini
- 03:44 – 05:30 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