Varanasi panchang, 11 August 2024
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 11:09 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:35
- 05:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:48 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
18:35 to 05:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 05:45
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 15:48
- Karana Taitila until 05:45, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 05:45 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:48 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 15:48 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:54 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:35
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:32 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:25 – 13:39
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. 04:03 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 05:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:08 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:13 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:13 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:58 Cancer
- 05:58 – 08:12 Leo
- 08:12 – 10:24 Virgo
- 10:24 – 12:41 Libra
- 12:41 – 14:58 Scorpio
- 14:58 – 17:03 Sagittarius
- 17:03 – 18:47 Capricorn
- 18:47 – 20:18 Aquarius
- 20:18 – 21:47 Pisces
- 21:47 – 23:25 Aries
- 23:25 – 01:22 next day Taurus
- 01:22 – 03:36 next day Gemini
- 03:36 – 05:31 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