Varanasi panchang, 17 October 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 17:22 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 17:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:58 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:09
- 06:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:20 Moon enters Aries
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:27 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:27 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:56
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:20 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 01:41 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:48, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:48 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:20 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:20 Moon enters Aries
- 16:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:56 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:41 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:04 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 20:41 – 06:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:58 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:41 – 02:53 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 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 17:27 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 16:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 16:56
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:20 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:58 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:09 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:01 – 17:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:27 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:01 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:25 – 05:58 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
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:27 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:56 NowSun
- 05:58 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:58 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:58 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:58 NowMars
- 14:58 NowSun
- 15:58 NowVenus
- 16:58 NowMercury
- 17:58 NowMoon
- 18:58 NowSaturn
- 19:58 NowJupiter
- 20:58 NowMars
- 21:58 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:58 NowSaturn
- 02:58 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:01 Virgo
- 06:01 – 08:17 Libra
- 08:17 – 10:34 Scorpio
- 10:34 – 12:39 Sagittarius
- 12:39 – 14:24 Capricorn
- 14:24 – 15:55 Aquarius
- 15:55 – 17:23 Pisces
- 17:23 – 19:01 Aries
- 19:01 – 20:59 Taurus
- 20:59 – 23:13 Gemini
- 23:13 – 01:30 next day Cancer
- 01:30 – 03:44 next day Leo
- 03:44 – 05:57 next day Virgo
- 05:57 – 05:58 next day Libra
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