Varanasi panchang, 14 August 2024
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 14:00 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:39
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:32 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 12:12 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 16:05
- Karana Kaulava until 10:24, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:12 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:32 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:39
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:05 – 14:58 next day
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:32 – 20:44
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:32 – 12:12
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 12:12
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:32 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:39 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:12 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:12 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:46 Cancer
- 05:46 – 08:00 Leo
- 08:00 – 10:13 Virgo
- 10:13 – 12:29 Libra
- 12:29 – 14:46 Scorpio
- 14:46 – 16:51 Sagittarius
- 16:51 – 18:36 Capricorn
- 18:36 – 20:06 Aquarius
- 20:06 – 21:35 Pisces
- 21:35 – 23:13 Aries
- 23:13 – 01:10 next day Taurus
- 01:10 – 03:24 next day Gemini
- 03:24 – 05:32 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