Varanasi panchang, 25 August 2024
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 22:19 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 18:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam 16:46 – 18:22
- 16:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:22 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:29 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 03:39 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 16:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:28 next day
- Karana Vishti until 16:31, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:31 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:45 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:29 Moon enters Taurus
- 00:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:39 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 03:39 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:46 – 18:22
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:28 – 04:04 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:36 – 16:45
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. 04:07 – 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 18:22 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 16:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:46 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:37 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 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:18 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:41 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:03 Cancer
- 05:03 – 07:17 Leo
- 07:17 – 09:29 Virgo
- 09:29 – 11:46 Libra
- 11:46 – 14:03 Scorpio
- 14:03 – 16:08 Sagittarius
- 16:08 – 17:52 Capricorn
- 17:52 – 19:23 Aquarius
- 19:23 – 20:52 Pisces
- 20:52 – 22:30 Aries
- 22:30 – 00:27 next day Taurus
- 00:27 – 02:41 next day Gemini
- 02:41 – 04:59 next day Cancer
- 04:59 – 05:37 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