Varanasi panchang, 17 September 2024
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 17:38 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 17:58- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:55 – 16:27
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:58 to 05:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhriti until 07:48
- Karana Vanija until 11:44, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:48 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:44 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:53 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 21:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:41 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:48 – 09:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:44 – 21:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:27
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:41 – 06:05 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:45 – 13:53
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 13:53 – 05:46 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. 04:11 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 13:53
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:55 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:58 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 20:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:55 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:46 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:55 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:57 NowMoon
- 17:58 NowSaturn
- 18:57 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:55 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:46 Leo
- 05:46 – 07:59 Virgo
- 07:59 – 10:15 Libra
- 10:15 – 12:32 Scorpio
- 12:32 – 14:37 Sagittarius
- 14:37 – 16:22 Capricorn
- 16:22 – 17:53 Aquarius
- 17:53 – 19:21 Pisces
- 19:21 – 20:59 Aries
- 20:59 – 22:57 Taurus
- 22:57 – 01:10 next day Gemini
- 01:10 – 03:28 next day Cancer
- 03:28 – 05:42 next day Leo
- 05:42 – 05:46 next day Virgo
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