Varanasi panchang, 28 September 2024
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 01:47 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:49 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta 05:49 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta 06:37 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:17 – 14:47
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:46 to 05:50 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:37 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:50
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 03:37 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 23:50
- Karana Balava until 14:50, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:50 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:37 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 03:37 next day Moon enters Leo
- 03:46 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:49 – 07:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:49 – 06:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:37 – 07:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:47
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:46 – 20:11
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:49 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Char | 11:48 – 13:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:17 – 14:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:47 – 16:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:17 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:17 – 20:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:47 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:48 | Good |
| Char | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:48 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:47 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:47 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:47 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:48 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:50 NowMars
- 05:49 NowSaturn
- 06:49 NowJupiter
- 07:49 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:49 NowSaturn
- 13:49 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:49 NowSun
- 16:49 NowVenus
- 17:49 NowMercury
- 18:49 NowMoon
- 19:49 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:49 NowMars
- 22:49 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:49 NowJupiter
- 04:49 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:03 Leo
- 05:03 – 07:16 Virgo
- 07:16 – 09:32 Libra
- 09:32 – 11:49 Scorpio
- 11:49 – 13:54 Sagittarius
- 13:54 – 15:39 Capricorn
- 15:39 – 17:10 Aquarius
- 17:10 – 18:38 Pisces
- 18:38 – 20:16 Aries
- 20:16 – 22:13 Taurus
- 22:13 – 00:27 next day Gemini
- 00:27 – 02:45 next day Cancer
- 02:45 – 04:59 next day Leo
- 04:59 – 05:50 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