Varanasi panchang, 2 September 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 04:47 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:14- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 13:31 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:43
Night
18:14 to 05:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:25 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 00:20 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 18:19
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:21, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 18:21 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:43
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. 04:08 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Char | 13:31 – 15:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:06 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:14 | Good |
| Char | 18:14 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:31 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:14 – 05:40 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:03 NowSaturn
- 15:06 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:03 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMoon
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:31 Cancer
- 04:31 – 06:45 Leo
- 06:45 – 08:58 Virgo
- 08:58 – 11:14 Libra
- 11:14 – 13:31 Scorpio
- 13:31 – 15:36 Sagittarius
- 15:36 – 17:21 Capricorn
- 17:21 – 18:52 Aquarius
- 18:52 – 20:20 Pisces
- 20:20 – 21:58 Aries
- 21:58 – 23:56 Taurus
- 23:56 – 02:09 next day Gemini
- 02:09 – 04:27 next day Cancer
- 04:27 – 05:40 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