Varanasi panchang, 24 September 2024
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 22:49 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:51- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:50 – 16:20
- 09:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:39 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 05:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:39
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 21:54 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 01:26 next day
- Karana Bava until 12:39, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 12:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:39 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:54 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:20
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 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:39 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:48 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:50 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:51 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:50 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:19 – 05:48 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
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:49 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:49 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:48 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:48 NowJupiter
- 12:48 NowMars
- 13:48 NowSun
- 14:48 NowVenus
- 15:48 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:48 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:48 NowMars
- 20:48 NowSun
- 21:48 NowVenus
- 22:48 NowMercury
- 23:48 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:19 Leo
- 05:19 – 07:31 Virgo
- 07:31 – 09:48 Libra
- 09:48 – 12:05 Scorpio
- 12:05 – 14:10 Sagittarius
- 14:10 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:25 Aquarius
- 17:25 – 18:54 Pisces
- 18:54 – 20:32 Aries
- 20:32 – 22:29 Taurus
- 22:29 – 00:43 next day Gemini
- 00:43 – 03:01 next day Cancer
- 03:01 – 05:15 next day Leo
- 05:15 – 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