Varanasi panchang, 12 August 2024
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 12:03 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:34- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:09 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 13:40 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:57
- 07:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Brahma
Night
18:34 to 05:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:15 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:55
- Nakshatra Swati until 08:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 16:25
- Karana Vanija until 07:55, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:33 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 16:25 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 20:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:15 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:57
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 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:34 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:09 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Char | 13:40 – 15:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:18 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:34 | Good |
| Char | 18:34 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:18 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:40 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:41 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:13 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:34 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:13 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:54 Cancer
- 05:54 – 08:08 Leo
- 08:08 – 10:20 Virgo
- 10:20 – 12:37 Libra
- 12:37 – 14:54 Scorpio
- 14:54 – 16:59 Sagittarius
- 16:59 – 18:44 Capricorn
- 18:44 – 20:14 Aquarius
- 20:14 – 21:43 Pisces
- 21:43 – 23:21 Aries
- 23:21 – 01:18 next day Taurus
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Gemini
- 03:32 – 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