Varanasi panchang, 8 September 2024
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 09:56 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:35 – 18:08
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:08 to 05:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 19:58
- Nakshatra Swati until 15:30 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Indra until 00:04 next day
- Karana Bava until 06:51, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:30 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 19:58 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 19:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:04 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:35 – 18:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:04 – 00:32 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 15:30 – 05:42 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 – 04:56
- 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 18:08 – 20:27
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:30 – 05:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:42 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:15 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:28 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:35 – 18:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:08 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:35 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:28 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:57 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:57 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 06:21 Leo
- 06:21 – 08:34 Virgo
- 08:34 – 10:51 Libra
- 10:51 – 13:08 Scorpio
- 13:08 – 15:13 Sagittarius
- 15:13 – 16:57 Capricorn
- 16:57 – 18:28 Aquarius
- 18:28 – 19:57 Pisces
- 19:57 – 21:35 Aries
- 21:35 – 23:32 Taurus
- 23:32 – 01:46 next day Gemini
- 01:46 – 04:04 next day Cancer
- 04:04 – 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