Varanasi panchang, 20 August 2024
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 19:08 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:50
- 05:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:27 to 05:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 20:33
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 05:45 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:55
- Karana Balava until 10:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 05:45 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 10:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 20:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 03:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:50
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:34 – 05:45
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 03:09 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:09 – 05:35 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. 04:05 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:40
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Char | 08:47 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:50 | Good |
| Rog | 16:50 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:27 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:50 – 21:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:14 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:23 NowMoon
- 18:27 NowSaturn
- 19:23 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:14 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:22 Cancer
- 05:22 – 07:36 Leo
- 07:36 – 09:49 Virgo
- 09:49 – 12:06 Libra
- 12:06 – 14:22 Scorpio
- 14:22 – 16:27 Sagittarius
- 16:27 – 18:12 Capricorn
- 18:12 – 19:43 Aquarius
- 19:43 – 21:11 Pisces
- 21:11 – 22:50 Aries
- 22:50 – 00:47 next day Taurus
- 00:47 – 03:01 next day Gemini
- 03:01 – 05:18 next day Cancer
- 05:18 – 05:35 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