Varanasi panchang, 2 October 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 05:17 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 17:42- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:20 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:15
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:42 to 05:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:19 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 12:22 · lord Sun
- Yoga Brahma until 03:21 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 10:59, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Karana becomes Naga
- 12:22 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 00:19 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:19 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:21 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:15
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 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:22 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:51 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:15 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:13 – 17:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:42 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:13 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:47 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:50 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:46 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:46 NowJupiter
- 23:47 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:50 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
- 05:51 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:51 NowMercury
- 13:51 NowMoon
- 14:51 NowSaturn
- 15:51 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:51 NowMercury
- 20:51 NowMoon
- 21:51 NowSaturn
- 22:51 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:51 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:47 Leo
- 04:47 – 07:00 Virgo
- 07:00 – 09:16 Libra
- 09:16 – 11:33 Scorpio
- 11:33 – 13:38 Sagittarius
- 13:38 – 15:23 Capricorn
- 15:23 – 16:54 Aquarius
- 16:54 – 18:22 Pisces
- 18:22 – 20:00 Aries
- 20:00 – 21:58 Taurus
- 21:58 – 00:12 next day Gemini
- 00:12 – 02:29 next day Cancer
- 02:29 – 04:43 next day Leo
- 04:43 – 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