Varanasi panchang, 16 October 2024
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 16:44 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:28- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:24 – 08:50
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:09
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:28 to 05:58 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:41
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:17 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 10:09
- Karana Gara until 10:31, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:09 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 10:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 20:41 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:56 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:09 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:09
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:41 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:17 – 05:58 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. 04:18 – 05:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:57 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:57 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 16:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:02 – 17:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:28 – 19:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:02 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:09 | Good |
| Char | 22:09 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:24 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:55 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:50 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:53 NowMoon
- 04:55 NowSaturn
- 05:57 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:57 NowMoon
- 14:57 NowSaturn
- 15:57 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:57 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 21:57 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:57 NowVenus
- 02:57 NowMercury
- 03:57 NowMoon
- 04:57 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:05 Virgo
- 06:05 – 08:21 Libra
- 08:21 – 10:38 Scorpio
- 10:38 – 12:43 Sagittarius
- 12:43 – 14:28 Capricorn
- 14:28 – 15:59 Aquarius
- 15:59 – 17:27 Pisces
- 17:27 – 19:05 Aries
- 19:05 – 21:03 Taurus
- 21:03 – 23:16 Gemini
- 23:16 – 01:34 next day Cancer
- 01:34 – 03:48 next day Leo
- 03:48 – 05:58 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