Varanasi panchang, 13 October 2024
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 14:52 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 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:43 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta 15:58 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:04 – 17:31
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
17:31 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 09:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:51 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 21:25
- Karana Gara until 09:09, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 09:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:44 Moon enters Aquarius
- 19:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:25 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 02:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 16:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:58 – 16:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:04 – 17:31
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:59 – 06:41 next day
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:25 – 23:49
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. 04:17 – 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 17:31 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 02:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:56 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:23 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:43 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:10 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:04 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:04 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:56 NowSun
- 06:56 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:56 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:56 NowMoon
- 16:56 NowSaturn
- 17:56 NowJupiter
- 18:56 NowMars
- 19:56 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:17 Virgo
- 06:17 – 08:33 Libra
- 08:33 – 10:50 Scorpio
- 10:50 – 12:55 Sagittarius
- 12:55 – 14:40 Capricorn
- 14:40 – 16:11 Aquarius
- 16:11 – 17:39 Pisces
- 17:39 – 19:17 Aries
- 19:17 – 21:14 Taurus
- 21:14 – 23:28 Gemini
- 23:28 – 01:46 next day Cancer
- 01:46 – 04:00 next day Leo
- 04:00 – 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