Varanasi panchang, 5 September 2024
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:11 Moonrise 07:21 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:11- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:41 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:41
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:11 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:11 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 12:21
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 06:14 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 21:07
- Karana Kaulava until 12:21, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:14 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 12:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:07 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 01:41 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:41
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:41 – 06:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 03:11 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 02:03 – 04:19 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. 04:09 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:11 – 20:29
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 15:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:03 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:11 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:09 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:09 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:19 Cancer
- 04:19 – 06:33 Leo
- 06:33 – 08:46 Virgo
- 08:46 – 11:03 Libra
- 11:03 – 13:20 Scorpio
- 13:20 – 15:24 Sagittarius
- 15:24 – 17:09 Capricorn
- 17:09 – 18:40 Aquarius
- 18:40 – 20:08 Pisces
- 20:08 – 21:47 Aries
- 21:47 – 23:44 Taurus
- 23:44 – 01:58 next day Gemini
- 01:58 – 04:15 next day Cancer
- 04:15 – 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