Varanasi panchang, 23 September 2024
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 21:53 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 17:52- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam 13:20 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:27
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:52 to 05:48 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:50
- Nakshatra Rohini until 22:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 03:09 next day
- Karana Vanija until 13:50, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:50 Karana becomes Vishti
- 22:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:09 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:20 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:09 – 01:26 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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:52 – 20:15
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:47 – 22:07
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:47 – 22:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 22:07 – 05:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:07 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Char | 13:20 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:21 – 17:52 | Good |
| Char | 17:52 – 19:21 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:21 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:51 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:20 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:50 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:52 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:50 NowJupiter
- 22:50 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:22 Leo
- 05:22 – 07:35 Virgo
- 07:35 – 09:52 Libra
- 09:52 – 12:09 Scorpio
- 12:09 – 14:14 Sagittarius
- 14:14 – 15:58 Capricorn
- 15:58 – 17:29 Aquarius
- 17:29 – 18:58 Pisces
- 18:58 – 20:36 Aries
- 20:36 – 22:33 Taurus
- 22:33 – 00:47 next day Gemini
- 00:47 – 03:05 next day Cancer
- 03:05 – 05:19 next day Leo
- 05:19 – 05:48 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