Varanasi panchang, 10 October 2024
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 12:32 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:55 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:14
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:34 to 05:55 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 12:32
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 05:41 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 04:36 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:32, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 12:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 04:36 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 05:41 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:14
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 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 17:34 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:55 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:44 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:39 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:06 – 17:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:34 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:06 – 20:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:39 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:53 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:42 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:39 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:36 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:36 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:39 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:52 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:55 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:55 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:55 NowJupiter
- 13:55 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:55 NowMercury
- 17:55 NowMoon
- 18:55 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 21:55 NowSun
- 22:55 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:55 NowSaturn
- 02:55 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:29 Virgo
- 06:29 – 08:45 Libra
- 08:45 – 11:02 Scorpio
- 11:02 – 13:07 Sagittarius
- 13:07 – 14:52 Capricorn
- 14:52 – 16:22 Aquarius
- 16:22 – 17:51 Pisces
- 17:51 – 19:29 Aries
- 19:29 – 21:26 Taurus
- 21:26 – 23:40 Gemini
- 23:40 – 01:58 next day Cancer
- 01:58 – 04:12 next day Leo
- 04:12 – 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