Varanasi panchang, 12 October 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 14:10 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:56 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta 05:56 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:50 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:38
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:59 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:32 to 05:56 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:59
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:27 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 00:21 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:59, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:59 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:21 next day Yoga becomes Shula
- 04:27 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:56 – 07:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:56 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:38
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:21 – 02:21 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 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:32 – 20:01
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:56 – 04:27 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 05:56 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 10:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:56 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:23 – 08:50 | Good |
| Rog | 08:50 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:38 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:32 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:38 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:56 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
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:54 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:50 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:36 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:36 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:56 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:56 NowSaturn
- 13:56 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:56 NowSun
- 16:56 NowVenus
- 17:56 NowMercury
- 18:56 NowMoon
- 19:56 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 21:56 NowMars
- 22:56 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:56 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 04:56 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:21 Virgo
- 06:21 – 08:37 Libra
- 08:37 – 10:54 Scorpio
- 10:54 – 12:59 Sagittarius
- 12:59 – 14:44 Capricorn
- 14:44 – 16:15 Aquarius
- 16:15 – 17:43 Pisces
- 17:43 – 19:21 Aries
- 19:21 – 21:18 Taurus
- 21:18 – 23:32 Gemini
- 23:32 – 01:50 next day Cancer
- 01:50 – 04:04 next day Leo
- 04:04 – 05:56 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