Varanasi panchang, 27 August 2024
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 23:59 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 18:20- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:45
- 13:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:20 to 05:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:41 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:33 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:38 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 20:31
- Karana Taitila until 13:52, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:38 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 01:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:41 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:31 – 21:43
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) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:13 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:23 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:20 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:55 Cancer
- 04:55 – 07:09 Leo
- 07:09 – 09:22 Virgo
- 09:22 – 11:38 Libra
- 11:38 – 13:55 Scorpio
- 13:55 – 16:00 Sagittarius
- 16:00 – 17:45 Capricorn
- 17:45 – 19:15 Aquarius
- 19:15 – 20:44 Pisces
- 20:44 – 22:22 Aries
- 22:22 – 00:19 next day Taurus
- 00:19 – 02:33 next day Gemini
- 02:33 – 04:51 next day Cancer
- 04:51 – 05:38 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