Varanasi panchang, 21 September 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 20:13 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:54- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:47 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 05:47 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:52
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:54 to 05:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 18:14
- Nakshatra Bharani until 00:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:36
- Karana Bava until 07:41, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:41 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:36 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 18:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 18:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 04:54 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:47 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:47 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:52
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 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:47 – 18:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:47 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:18 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Char | 11:50 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:52 – 16:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:23 – 17:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:54 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:23 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:52 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 23:50 | Good |
| Char | 23:50 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:50 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:51 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:54 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:50 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:48 NowMars
- 05:47 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:47 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:47 NowMoon
- 12:47 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:47 NowVenus
- 17:47 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:47 NowSun
- 23:47 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:47 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:47 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:30 Leo
- 05:30 – 07:43 Virgo
- 07:43 – 10:00 Libra
- 10:00 – 12:17 Scorpio
- 12:17 – 14:21 Sagittarius
- 14:21 – 16:06 Capricorn
- 16:06 – 17:37 Aquarius
- 17:37 – 19:05 Pisces
- 19:05 – 20:44 Aries
- 20:44 – 22:41 Taurus
- 22:41 – 00:55 next day Gemini
- 00:55 – 03:12 next day Cancer
- 03:12 – 05:26 next day Leo
- 05:26 – 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