Varanasi panchang, 29 September 2024
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 17:45 Moonrise 02:42 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 17:45- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:47 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta 16:10 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:16 – 17:45
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:48 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:45 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:45 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 16:48
- Nakshatra Magha until 06:18 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 00:27 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:48, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 16:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:27 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:10 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:16 – 17:45
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 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:45 – 20:10
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:50 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:47 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:17 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:16 – 17:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:45 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:16 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:17 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 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
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:50 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:50 NowMars
- 12:50 NowSun
- 13:50 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:50 NowSaturn
- 17:50 NowJupiter
- 18:50 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:50 NowMercury
- 22:50 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:59 Leo
- 04:59 – 07:12 Virgo
- 07:12 – 09:28 Libra
- 09:28 – 11:45 Scorpio
- 11:45 – 13:50 Sagittarius
- 13:50 – 15:35 Capricorn
- 15:35 – 17:06 Aquarius
- 17:06 – 18:34 Pisces
- 18:34 – 20:12 Aries
- 20:12 – 22:09 Taurus
- 22:09 – 00:23 next day Gemini
- 00:23 – 02:41 next day Cancer
- 02:41 – 04:55 next day Leo
- 04:55 – 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