Varanasi panchang, 17 August 2024
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 16:55 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:33 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:33 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta 06:25 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:38 – 15:15
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:28 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:30 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:06
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 10:47
- Karana Balava until 08:06, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:06 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:47 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 17:28 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:03 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:33 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:33 – 06:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:25 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:15
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. 04:05 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:33 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:38 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:30 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:33 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
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:30 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:33 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:33 NowVenus
- 10:33 NowMercury
- 11:33 NowMoon
- 12:33 NowSaturn
- 13:33 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:33 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:33 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:33 NowMars
- 22:33 NowSun
- 23:33 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMercury
- 01:33 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:34 Cancer
- 05:34 – 07:48 Leo
- 07:48 – 10:01 Virgo
- 10:01 – 12:17 Libra
- 12:17 – 14:34 Scorpio
- 14:34 – 16:39 Sagittarius
- 16:39 – 18:24 Capricorn
- 18:24 – 19:55 Aquarius
- 19:55 – 21:23 Pisces
- 21:23 – 23:01 Aries
- 23:01 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:30 next day Cancer
- 05:30 – 05:33 next day Leo
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