Varanasi panchang, 28 August 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:19 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:34
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:19 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:53 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 19:11
- Karana Vanija until 13:22, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:53 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 19:11 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:34
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:19 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 15:53
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:51 Cancer
- 04:51 – 07:05 Leo
- 07:05 – 09:18 Virgo
- 09:18 – 11:34 Libra
- 11:34 – 13:51 Scorpio
- 13:51 – 15:56 Sagittarius
- 15:56 – 17:41 Capricorn
- 17:41 – 19:11 Aquarius
- 19:11 – 20:40 Pisces
- 20:40 – 22:18 Aries
- 22:18 – 00:15 next day Taurus
- 00:15 – 02:29 next day Gemini
- 02:29 – 04:47 next day Cancer
- 04:47 – 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