Varanasi panchang, 18 August 2024
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 17:44 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 18:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:52 – 18:29
- 05:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:29 to 05:34 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 05:51
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 10:14 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 07:50
- Karana Taitila until 05:51, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 05:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 10:14 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 16:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:05 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:29
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 18:29 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 10:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:14 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:29 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:11 – 05:34 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 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:10 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:10 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:30 Cancer
- 05:30 – 07:44 Leo
- 07:44 – 09:57 Virgo
- 09:57 – 12:13 Libra
- 12:13 – 14:30 Scorpio
- 14:30 – 16:35 Sagittarius
- 16:35 – 18:20 Capricorn
- 18:20 – 19:51 Aquarius
- 19:51 – 21:19 Pisces
- 21:19 – 22:57 Aries
- 22:57 – 00:55 next day Taurus
- 00:55 – 03:08 next day Gemini
- 03:08 – 05:26 next day Cancer
- 05:26 – 05:34 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