Varanasi panchang, 20 October 2024
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 19:40 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta 15:53 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam 15:59 – 17:25
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
17:25 to 06:00 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 06:46
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:31 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:11
- Karana Vishti until 06:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:46 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:31 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 17:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:53 – 16:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:59 – 17:25
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
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:59 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:25 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:59 – 20:33 | Good |
| Char | 20:33 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:26 – 06:00 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 NowSun
- 06:57 NowVenus
- 07:54 NowMercury
- 08:51 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:51 NowSun
- 03:54 NowVenus
- 04:57 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:49 Virgo
- 05:49 – 08:06 Libra
- 08:06 – 10:23 Scorpio
- 10:23 – 12:27 Sagittarius
- 12:27 – 14:12 Capricorn
- 14:12 – 15:43 Aquarius
- 15:43 – 17:11 Pisces
- 17:11 – 18:50 Aries
- 18:50 – 20:47 Taurus
- 20:47 – 23:01 Gemini
- 23:01 – 01:18 next day Cancer
- 01:18 – 03:32 next day Leo
- 03:32 – 05:45 next day Virgo
- 05:45 – 06:00 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