Varanasi panchang, 4 September 2024
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 06:31 Bhadrapada 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 18:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:30
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:12 to 05:41 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:02
- Karana Bava until 09:47, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:30
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:30
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:47 – 05:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:30 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:38 – 18:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:12 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:04 – 22:30 | Good |
| Char | 22:30 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:15 – 05:41 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 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:07 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:07 NowMercury
- 21:04 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:23 Cancer
- 04:23 – 06:37 Leo
- 06:37 – 08:50 Virgo
- 08:50 – 11:07 Libra
- 11:07 – 13:24 Scorpio
- 13:24 – 15:28 Sagittarius
- 15:28 – 17:13 Capricorn
- 17:13 – 18:44 Aquarius
- 18:44 – 20:12 Pisces
- 20:12 – 21:51 Aries
- 21:51 – 23:48 Taurus
- 23:48 – 02:02 next day Gemini
- 02:02 – 04:19 next day Cancer
- 04:19 – 05:41 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