Varanasi panchang, 16 September 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:59 Moonrise 17:00 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 17:59- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:17 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 13:24 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:32
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:59 to 05:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:59 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:33 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:41
- Karana Taitila until 15:10, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:10 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 01:30 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:32
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 17:59 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:33 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:45 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Char | 13:24 – 14:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:56 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:59 | Good |
| Char | 17:59 – 19:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:27 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:56 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:24 – 23:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:54 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:57 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:57 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:52 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMoon
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:50 Leo
- 05:50 – 08:03 Virgo
- 08:03 – 10:19 Libra
- 10:19 – 12:36 Scorpio
- 12:36 – 14:41 Sagittarius
- 14:41 – 16:26 Capricorn
- 16:26 – 17:57 Aquarius
- 17:57 – 19:25 Pisces
- 19:25 – 21:03 Aries
- 21:03 – 23:01 Taurus
- 23:01 – 01:14 next day Gemini
- 01:14 – 03:32 next day Cancer
- 03:32 – 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