Varanasi panchang, 4 October 2024
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 06:58 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:40- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:43 – 16:11
- 16:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 05:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 05:31 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 18:38 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 05:21 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:38 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:21 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 05:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 05:31 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:11
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:21 – 06:33 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) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:06
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:52 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:43 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Char | 16:11 – 17:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:40 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:11 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:43 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:52 NowVenus
- 06:52 NowMercury
- 07:52 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:52 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:52 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:52 NowSaturn
- 16:52 NowJupiter
- 17:52 NowMars
- 18:52 NowSun
- 19:52 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:52 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:52 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:52 NowMercury
- 04:52 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:39 Leo
- 04:39 – 06:52 Virgo
- 06:52 – 09:09 Libra
- 09:09 – 11:26 Scorpio
- 11:26 – 13:30 Sagittarius
- 13:30 – 15:15 Capricorn
- 15:15 – 16:46 Aquarius
- 16:46 – 18:14 Pisces
- 18:14 – 19:53 Aries
- 19:53 – 21:50 Taurus
- 21:50 – 00:04 next day Gemini
- 00:04 – 02:21 next day Cancer
- 02:21 – 04:35 next day Leo
- 04:35 – 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