Varanasi panchang, 24 August 2024
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 21:37 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:36 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta 05:36 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta 06:27 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:11
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:23 to 05:36 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:52
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 18:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 06:08
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:05 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 18:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:06 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:36 – 07:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:36 – 06:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:27 – 07:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:11
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 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:05 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:36 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:12 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:40 NowMars
- 05:36 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:36 NowSun
- 09:36 NowVenus
- 10:36 NowMercury
- 11:36 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:36 NowJupiter
- 14:36 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:36 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:36 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:36 NowJupiter
- 21:36 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:36 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMercury
- 01:36 NowMoon
- 02:36 NowSaturn
- 03:36 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:07 Cancer
- 05:07 – 07:20 Leo
- 07:20 – 09:33 Virgo
- 09:33 – 11:50 Libra
- 11:50 – 14:07 Scorpio
- 14:07 – 16:11 Sagittarius
- 16:11 – 17:56 Capricorn
- 17:56 – 19:27 Aquarius
- 19:27 – 20:56 Pisces
- 20:56 – 22:34 Aries
- 22:34 – 00:31 next day Taurus
- 00:31 – 02:45 next day Gemini
- 02:45 – 05:03 next day Cancer
- 05:03 – 05:36 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