Varanasi panchang, 7 October 2024
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 09:42 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 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam 13:13 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:16
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:37 to 05:54 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:48
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 02:25 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 06:39
- Karana Vishti until 09:48, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:39 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 09:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:37 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:25 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:16
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 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:04
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:53 – 02:25 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:25 – 05:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Char | 13:13 – 14:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:41 – 16:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:09 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:09 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:41 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:13 – 23:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:22 – 05:54 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:52 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:41 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:41 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:27 Leo
- 04:27 – 06:40 Virgo
- 06:40 – 08:57 Libra
- 08:57 – 11:14 Scorpio
- 11:14 – 13:19 Sagittarius
- 13:19 – 15:03 Capricorn
- 15:03 – 16:34 Aquarius
- 16:34 – 18:03 Pisces
- 18:03 – 19:41 Aries
- 19:41 – 21:38 Taurus
- 21:38 – 23:52 Gemini
- 23:52 – 02:10 next day Cancer
- 02:10 – 04:24 next day Leo
- 04:24 – 05:54 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