Varanasi panchang, 21 August 2024
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 19:46 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:37
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:26 to 05:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 17:07
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 00:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 17:00
- Karana Taitila until 06:50, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:07 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 17:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:12 Moon enters Pisces
- 00:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 03:25 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:25 – 13:46 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. 04:06 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:26 – 20:40
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:35 – 17:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:39 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:18 Cancer
- 05:18 – 07:32 Leo
- 07:32 – 09:45 Virgo
- 09:45 – 12:02 Libra
- 12:02 – 14:19 Scorpio
- 14:19 – 16:23 Sagittarius
- 16:23 – 18:08 Capricorn
- 18:08 – 19:39 Aquarius
- 19:39 – 21:07 Pisces
- 21:07 – 22:46 Aries
- 22:46 – 00:43 next day Taurus
- 00:43 – 02:57 next day Gemini
- 02:57 – 05:14 next day Cancer
- 05:14 – 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