Varanasi panchang, 18 October 2024
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 18:03 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 17:26- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:24 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta 08:16 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda 14:34 – 16:00
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:26 to 05:59 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:26 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:30 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 13:15
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 13:26 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 21:34
- Karana Kaulava until 13:15, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:15 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 13:15 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:26 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:34 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:30 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:16 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 16:00
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) 11:19 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:58 – 13:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:58 – 13:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:58 – 07:24 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:24 – 08:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:50 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:34 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Char | 16:00 – 17:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:26 – 19:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:00 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:34 – 22:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:09 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:25 – 05:59 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
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:56 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:56 NowMoon
- 05:58 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:58 NowSaturn
- 09:58 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:58 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 19:58 NowVenus
- 20:58 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:58 NowSun
- 02:58 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 04:58 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:57 Virgo
- 05:57 – 08:14 Libra
- 08:14 – 10:31 Scorpio
- 10:31 – 12:35 Sagittarius
- 12:35 – 14:20 Capricorn
- 14:20 – 15:51 Aquarius
- 15:51 – 17:19 Pisces
- 17:19 – 18:58 Aries
- 18:58 – 20:55 Taurus
- 20:55 – 23:09 Gemini
- 23:09 – 01:26 next day Cancer
- 01:26 – 03:40 next day Leo
- 03:40 – 05:53 next day Virgo
- 05:53 – 05:59 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