Varanasi panchang, 7 September 2024
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 09:03 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 18:09- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:41 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta 05:41 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 15:02
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:09 to 05:42 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 17:37
- Nakshatra Chitra until 12:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 23:16
- Karana Vishti until 17:37, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:37 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 17:37 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:16 Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:41 – 06:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 15:02
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:41 – 12:34
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) 11:30 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:41 – 12:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:41 – 17:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:34 – 05:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:34 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:41 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 15:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:02 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:09 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:02 – 22:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:29 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:15 – 05:42 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 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:57 NowSaturn
- 14:00 NowJupiter
- 15:02 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:02 NowJupiter
- 22:00 NowMars
- 22:58 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:11 Cancer
- 04:11 – 06:25 Leo
- 06:25 – 08:38 Virgo
- 08:38 – 10:55 Libra
- 10:55 – 13:12 Scorpio
- 13:12 – 15:16 Sagittarius
- 15:16 – 17:01 Capricorn
- 17:01 – 18:32 Aquarius
- 18:32 – 20:01 Pisces
- 20:01 – 21:39 Aries
- 21:39 – 23:36 Taurus
- 23:36 – 01:50 next day Gemini
- 01:50 – 04:08 next day Cancer
- 04:08 – 05:42 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