Varanasi panchang, 29 August 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 00:56 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 18:18- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:46
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 01:38 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 16:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:17
- Karana Bava until 13:25, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:39 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 01:38 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:17 – 17:46 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:38 – 16:39
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 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:39 – 05:38 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:39 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:43 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:42 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:47 Cancer
- 04:47 – 07:01 Leo
- 07:01 – 09:14 Virgo
- 09:14 – 11:30 Libra
- 11:30 – 13:47 Scorpio
- 13:47 – 15:52 Sagittarius
- 15:52 – 17:37 Capricorn
- 17:37 – 19:08 Aquarius
- 19:08 – 20:36 Pisces
- 20:36 – 22:14 Aries
- 22:14 – 00:11 next day Taurus
- 00:11 – 02:25 next day Gemini
- 02:25 – 04:43 next day Cancer
- 04:43 – 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