Varanasi panchang, 26 August 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 23:06 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:21- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:12 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:48
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:21 to 05:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 02:20 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 15:55 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 22:16
- Karana Balava until 14:55, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 14:55 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:55 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:16 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 02:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 02:20 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:48
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 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:55 – 05:37 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:21 | Good |
| Char | 18:21 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 23:59 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:37 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:41 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:59 Cancer
- 04:59 – 07:13 Leo
- 07:13 – 09:25 Virgo
- 09:25 – 11:42 Libra
- 11:42 – 13:59 Scorpio
- 13:59 – 16:04 Sagittarius
- 16:04 – 17:49 Capricorn
- 17:49 – 19:19 Aquarius
- 19:19 – 20:48 Pisces
- 20:48 – 22:26 Aries
- 22:26 – 00:23 next day Taurus
- 00:23 – 02:37 next day Gemini
- 02:37 – 04:55 next day Cancer
- 04:55 – 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