Varanasi panchang, 19 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 18:49 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:59 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:59 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:34
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:10 Moon enters Taurus
Night
17:25 to 05:59 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:14 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 09:49
- Nakshatra Bharani until 10:46 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:41
- Karana Gara until 09:49, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 09:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:10 Moon enters Taurus
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:14 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:59 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:59 – 06:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:41 – 14:11 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. 04:19 – 05:09
- 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 17:25 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:59 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:51 | Good |
| Rog | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 16:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:00 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:00 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:08 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:51 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:59 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
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:56 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:51 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:31 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:31 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:40 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:51 NowSaturn
- 03:54 NowJupiter
- 04:57 NowMars
- 05:59 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:59 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:59 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:59 NowSun
- 16:59 NowVenus
- 17:59 NowMercury
- 18:59 NowMoon
- 19:59 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 21:59 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 04:59 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:53 Virgo
- 05:53 – 08:10 Libra
- 08:10 – 10:27 Scorpio
- 10:27 – 12:31 Sagittarius
- 12:31 – 14:16 Capricorn
- 14:16 – 15:47 Aquarius
- 15:47 – 17:15 Pisces
- 17:15 – 18:54 Aries
- 18:54 – 20:51 Taurus
- 20:51 – 23:05 Gemini
- 23:05 – 01:22 next day Cancer
- 01:22 – 03:36 next day Leo
- 03:36 – 05:49 next day Virgo
- 05:49 – 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