Varanasi panchang, 3 October 2024
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 06:07 Ashwin 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 17:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:51 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:15 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:19
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:58 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 15:32 · lord Moon
- Yoga Indra until 04:23 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 13:39, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:32 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 05:06 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:19
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:23 – 05:21 next day
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 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 17:41 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:46 – 13:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:15 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:12 – 17:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:41 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:12 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:15 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:42 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:42 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:43 Leo
- 04:43 – 06:56 Virgo
- 06:56 – 09:13 Libra
- 09:13 – 11:30 Scorpio
- 11:30 – 13:34 Sagittarius
- 13:34 – 15:19 Capricorn
- 15:19 – 16:50 Aquarius
- 16:50 – 18:18 Pisces
- 18:18 – 19:57 Aries
- 19:57 – 21:54 Taurus
- 21:54 – 00:08 next day Gemini
- 00:08 – 02:25 next day Cancer
- 02:25 – 04:39 next day Leo
- 04:39 – 05:52 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