Varanasi panchang, 1 October 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 04:27 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:43- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam 14:45 – 16:14
- 08:22 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 09:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:02 Moon enters Virgo
Night
17:43 to 05:51 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:39 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 21:39
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 09:16 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 02:17 next day
- Karana Vishti until 08:22, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:22 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 09:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 16:02 Moon enters Virgo
- 21:39 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 21:39 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:17 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:07 – 08:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:14
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:27 – 16:43
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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:51 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:16 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:45 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:43 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:45 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:49 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
- 05:51 NowMars
- 06:51 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:51 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:51 NowJupiter
- 12:51 NowMars
- 13:51 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:51 NowMoon
- 17:51 NowSaturn
- 18:51 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:51 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:51 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:51 Leo
- 04:51 – 07:04 Virgo
- 07:04 – 09:20 Libra
- 09:20 – 11:37 Scorpio
- 11:37 – 13:42 Sagittarius
- 13:42 – 15:27 Capricorn
- 15:27 – 16:58 Aquarius
- 16:58 – 18:26 Pisces
- 18:26 – 20:04 Aries
- 20:04 – 22:02 Taurus
- 22:02 – 00:15 next day Gemini
- 00:15 – 02:33 next day Cancer
- 02:33 – 04:47 next day Leo
- 04:47 – 05:51 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