Varanasi panchang, 14 September 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 15:32 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:01- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:44 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta 05:44 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:57
- 09:41 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:01 to 05:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:41 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 20:32 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shobhana until 18:17
- Karana Vanija until 09:41, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:17 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 20:32 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:41 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:44 – 07:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:44 – 06:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:57
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:17 – 20:41
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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:22
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:44 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:32 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:44 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Char | 11:53 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:57 – 16:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:29 – 18:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:01 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:29 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:57 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 23:53 | Good |
| Char | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:17 – 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
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:57 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 17:00 NowVenus
- 18:01 NowMercury
- 19:00 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:57 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:44 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowJupiter
- 07:44 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:44 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:44 NowMars
- 15:44 NowSun
- 16:44 NowVenus
- 17:44 NowMercury
- 18:44 NowMoon
- 19:44 NowSaturn
- 20:44 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:44 NowJupiter
- 04:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:58 Leo
- 05:58 – 08:11 Virgo
- 08:11 – 10:27 Libra
- 10:27 – 12:44 Scorpio
- 12:44 – 14:49 Sagittarius
- 14:49 – 16:34 Capricorn
- 16:34 – 18:05 Aquarius
- 18:05 – 19:33 Pisces
- 19:33 – 21:11 Aries
- 21:11 – 23:08 Taurus
- 23:08 – 01:22 next day Gemini
- 01:22 – 03:40 next day Cancer
- 03:40 – 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