Varanasi panchang, 31 August 2024
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 02:54 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:16- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:39 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:39 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:32 – 15:07
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:16 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:41 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 19:39 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 17:38
- Karana Gara until 15:00, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:38 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:41 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:41 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:39 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:38 – 05:43 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 03:41 – 16:28 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) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:41 – 05:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:32 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:42 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:42 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:39 Cancer
- 04:39 – 06:53 Leo
- 06:53 – 09:06 Virgo
- 09:06 – 11:22 Libra
- 11:22 – 13:39 Scorpio
- 13:39 – 15:44 Sagittarius
- 15:44 – 17:29 Capricorn
- 17:29 – 19:00 Aquarius
- 19:00 – 20:28 Pisces
- 20:28 – 22:06 Aries
- 22:06 – 00:03 next day Taurus
- 00:03 – 02:17 next day Gemini
- 02:17 – 04:35 next day Cancer
- 04:35 – 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