Varanasi panchang, 22 October 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 21:38 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:17 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:42 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:58
- 08:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:53 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:23 to 06:01 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 01:29 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 05:38 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:45
- Karana Gara until 13:53, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:45 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 13:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 01:29 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:17 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:58
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. 04:20 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:23 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:01 – 07:26 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:42 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 15:58 | Good |
| Rog | 15:58 – 17:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:23 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:07 – 23:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:52 – 04:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:26 – 06:01 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
- 06:01 NowMars
- 06:57 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:39 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:29 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:26 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:39 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:52 NowMars
- 03:55 NowSun
- 04:58 NowVenus
- 06:01 NowMars
- 07:01 NowSun
- 08:01 NowVenus
- 09:01 NowMercury
- 10:01 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:01 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 17:01 NowMoon
- 18:01 NowSaturn
- 19:01 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 22:01 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:01 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:41 Virgo
- 05:41 – 07:58 Libra
- 07:58 – 10:15 Scorpio
- 10:15 – 12:20 Sagittarius
- 12:20 – 14:04 Capricorn
- 14:04 – 15:35 Aquarius
- 15:35 – 17:04 Pisces
- 17:04 – 18:42 Aries
- 18:42 – 20:39 Taurus
- 20:39 – 22:53 Gemini
- 22:53 – 01:11 next day Cancer
- 01:11 – 03:25 next day Leo
- 03:25 – 05:37 next day Virgo
- 05:37 – 06:01 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