Varanasi panchang, 12 September 2024
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 13:46 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:26 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:36
- 11:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:04 to 05:44 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 23:33
- Nakshatra Mula until 21:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ayushman until 22:40
- Karana Balava until 11:46, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:46 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 22:40 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 23:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:26 – 14:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:36
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. 04:10 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 05:44 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:33 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:53 – 13:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:26 – 14:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:31 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:31 – 20:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:59 – 22:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:26 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:16 – 05:44 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
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:53 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:59 NowSun
- 16:00 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:00 NowJupiter
- 20:59 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:47 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:06 Leo
- 06:06 – 08:19 Virgo
- 08:19 – 10:35 Libra
- 10:35 – 12:52 Scorpio
- 12:52 – 14:57 Sagittarius
- 14:57 – 16:42 Capricorn
- 16:42 – 18:12 Aquarius
- 18:12 – 19:41 Pisces
- 19:41 – 21:19 Aries
- 21:19 – 23:16 Taurus
- 23:16 – 01:30 next day Gemini
- 01:30 – 03:48 next day Cancer
- 03:48 – 05:44 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