Varanasi panchang, 9 October 2024
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 11:37 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 17:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:44 – 13:12
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:35 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:14
- Nakshatra Mula until 05:15 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:36
- Karana Taitila until 12:14, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:36 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 12:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:14 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:28 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 05:52 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:12
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:52 – 08:16 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. 04:16 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:35 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:14 – 05:55 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:44 | Good |
| Rog | 11:44 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:07 – 17:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:35 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:07 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:12 | Good |
| Char | 22:12 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:55 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 NowMercury
- 06:53 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:20 Leo
- 04:20 – 06:32 Virgo
- 06:32 – 08:49 Libra
- 08:49 – 11:06 Scorpio
- 11:06 – 13:11 Sagittarius
- 13:11 – 14:56 Capricorn
- 14:56 – 16:26 Aquarius
- 16:26 – 17:55 Pisces
- 17:55 – 19:33 Aries
- 19:33 – 21:30 Taurus
- 21:30 – 23:44 Gemini
- 23:44 – 02:02 next day Cancer
- 02:02 – 04:16 next day Leo
- 04:16 – 05:55 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