Varanasi panchang, 30 August 2024
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 01:55 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 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:13 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:42
- 11:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:17 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 02:25 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 17:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 17:46
- Karana Kaulava until 13:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:34 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:46 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 02:25 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 02:25 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:55 – 05:39 next day
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. 04:08 – 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 18:17 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:38 – 17:55
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:38 – 07:13 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Char | 16:42 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:42 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:39 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 NowVenus
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:43 Cancer
- 04:43 – 06:57 Leo
- 06:57 – 09:10 Virgo
- 09:10 – 11:26 Libra
- 11:26 – 13:43 Scorpio
- 13:43 – 15:48 Sagittarius
- 15:48 – 17:33 Capricorn
- 17:33 – 19:04 Aquarius
- 19:04 – 20:32 Pisces
- 20:32 – 22:10 Aries
- 22:10 – 00:07 next day Taurus
- 00:07 – 02:21 next day Gemini
- 02:21 – 04:39 next day Cancer
- 04:39 – 05:39 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