Varanasi panchang, 20 September 2024
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 19:31 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:55- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda 14:53 – 16:24
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:55 to 05:47 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 21:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:42 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 15:18
- Karana Vanija until 10:55, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:55 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:18 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 21:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 21:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:24
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:18 – 18:54
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. 04:12 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:46 – 02:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:53 – 16:24 | Bad |
| Char | 16:24 – 17:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:55 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:24 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:53 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:53 NowMoon
- 15:53 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:55 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:53 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:34 Leo
- 05:34 – 07:47 Virgo
- 07:47 – 10:04 Libra
- 10:04 – 12:21 Scorpio
- 12:21 – 14:25 Sagittarius
- 14:25 – 16:10 Capricorn
- 16:10 – 17:41 Aquarius
- 17:41 – 19:09 Pisces
- 19:09 – 20:48 Aries
- 20:48 – 22:45 Taurus
- 22:45 – 00:59 next day Gemini
- 00:59 – 03:16 next day Cancer
- 03:16 – 05:30 next day Leo
- 05:30 – 05:47 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