Varanasi panchang, 8 October 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 10:40 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:36- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:45 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:40 – 16:08
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:36 to 05:54 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:08 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 11:18
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 04:08 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 06:50
- Karana Balava until 11:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:50 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 11:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 11:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:51 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 04:08 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:08
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 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:54 – 04:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:54 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:45 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:40 – 16:08 | Good |
| Rog | 16:08 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:36 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:08 – 20:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:40 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:51 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:39 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:39 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:51 NowSun
- 04:53 NowVenus
- 05:54 NowMars
- 06:54 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:54 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:54 NowMars
- 13:54 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:54 NowMercury
- 16:54 NowMoon
- 17:54 NowSaturn
- 18:54 NowJupiter
- 19:54 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:54 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:54 NowJupiter
- 02:54 NowMars
- 03:54 NowSun
- 04:54 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:24 Leo
- 04:24 – 06:36 Virgo
- 06:36 – 08:53 Libra
- 08:53 – 11:10 Scorpio
- 11:10 – 13:15 Sagittarius
- 13:15 – 14:59 Capricorn
- 14:59 – 16:30 Aquarius
- 16:30 – 17:59 Pisces
- 17:59 – 19:37 Aries
- 19:37 – 21:34 Taurus
- 21:34 – 23:48 Gemini
- 23:48 – 02:06 next day Cancer
- 02:06 – 04:20 next day Leo
- 04:20 – 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