Varanasi panchang, 15 September 2024
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 16:18 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 18:00- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:52 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta 16:22 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam 16:28 – 18:00
- 07:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:00 to 05:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 18:12
- Nakshatra Shravana until 18:49 · lord Moon
- Yoga Atiganda until 15:13
- Karana Bava until 07:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 18:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 18:12 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:49 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:45 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:22 – 17:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:28 – 18:00
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 – 04:58
- 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 18:00 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:44 – 07:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:16 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:52 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:24 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:28 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:00 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:28 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:25 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:17 – 05:45 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 NowSun
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:54 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 18:00 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:54 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowSun
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:54 Leo
- 05:54 – 08:07 Virgo
- 08:07 – 10:23 Libra
- 10:23 – 12:40 Scorpio
- 12:40 – 14:45 Sagittarius
- 14:45 – 16:30 Capricorn
- 16:30 – 18:01 Aquarius
- 18:01 – 19:29 Pisces
- 19:29 – 21:07 Aries
- 21:07 – 23:04 Taurus
- 23:04 – 01:18 next day Gemini
- 01:18 – 03:36 next day Cancer
- 03:36 – 05:45 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