Varanasi panchang, 22 September 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 21:00 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:53- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:50 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:51 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta 16:16 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam 16:22 – 17:53
- 06:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:53 to 05:47 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:44
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:02 · lord Sun
- Yoga Harshana until 08:17
- Karana Taitila until 15:44, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:09 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:17 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:02 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 02:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:27 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:17 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:16 – 17:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:22 – 17:53
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 – 05:00
- 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 17:53 – 20:16
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:02 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:18 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:50 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:51 | Good |
| Rog | 14:51 – 16:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:22 – 17:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:53 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:22 – 20:51 | Good |
| Char | 20:51 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:48 NowVenus
- 07:48 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:51 NowVenus
- 14:51 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:51 NowVenus
- 21:51 NowMercury
- 22:51 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:48 NowVenus
- 04:48 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:26 Leo
- 05:26 – 07:39 Virgo
- 07:39 – 09:56 Libra
- 09:56 – 12:13 Scorpio
- 12:13 – 14:17 Sagittarius
- 14:17 – 16:02 Capricorn
- 16:02 – 17:33 Aquarius
- 17:33 – 19:02 Pisces
- 19:02 – 20:40 Aries
- 20:40 – 22:37 Taurus
- 22:37 – 00:51 next day Gemini
- 00:51 – 03:09 next day Cancer
- 03:09 – 05:22 next day Leo
- 05:22 – 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