Varanasi panchang, 3 September 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 05:40 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 18:13- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 15:05 – 16:39
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:13 to 05:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:25
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 03:10 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 19:05
- Karana Naga until 07:25, then Kimstughna
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:25 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:05 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 20:34 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 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. 04:08 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:31
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:40 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:05 – 16:39 | Good |
| Rog | 16:39 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:13 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:39 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:59 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:08 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:08 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 22:59 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:27 Cancer
- 04:27 – 06:41 Leo
- 06:41 – 08:54 Virgo
- 08:54 – 11:10 Libra
- 11:10 – 13:27 Scorpio
- 13:27 – 15:32 Sagittarius
- 15:32 – 17:17 Capricorn
- 17:17 – 18:48 Aquarius
- 18:48 – 20:16 Pisces
- 20:16 – 21:54 Aries
- 21:54 – 23:52 Taurus
- 23:52 – 02:06 next day Gemini
- 02:06 – 04:23 next day Cancer
- 04:23 – 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