Varanasi panchang, 6 October 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 08:45 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:38- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:45 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:04 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:38
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:33 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:38 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 00:11 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:08
- Karana Gara until 07:50, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:08 Yoga becomes Priti
- 07:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 07:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 17:33 Moon enters Scorpio
- 20:52 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:04 – 16:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:53 – 00:11 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:11 – 05:53 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. 04:15 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:38 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 00:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:53 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:13 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:38 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:53 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
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:40 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:40 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:53 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:53 NowMercury
- 08:53 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:53 NowSun
- 13:53 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:53 NowMoon
- 16:53 NowSaturn
- 17:53 NowJupiter
- 18:53 NowMars
- 19:53 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:53 NowMercury
- 22:53 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:53 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:53 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:31 Leo
- 04:31 – 06:44 Virgo
- 06:44 – 09:01 Libra
- 09:01 – 11:18 Scorpio
- 11:18 – 13:22 Sagittarius
- 13:22 – 15:07 Capricorn
- 15:07 – 16:38 Aquarius
- 16:38 – 18:07 Pisces
- 18:07 – 19:45 Aries
- 19:45 – 21:42 Taurus
- 21:42 – 23:56 Gemini
- 23:56 – 02:14 next day Cancer
- 02:14 – 04:27 next day Leo
- 04:27 – 05:53 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