Varanasi panchang, 23 October 2024
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 22:40 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:07
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:22 to 06:02 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 01:19 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:15 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:59
- Karana Vishti until 13:18, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:59 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:01 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 01:19 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 01:19 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:51 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:07
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 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:22 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:01 – 01:19 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:42 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:01 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:57 – 17:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:22 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:57 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 06:02 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 NowMercury
- 06:58 NowMoon
- 07:55 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:01 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 08:01 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:01 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:01 NowMoon
- 15:01 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 17:01 NowMars
- 18:01 NowSun
- 19:01 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:01 NowMoon
- 22:01 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:01 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:01 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:37 Virgo
- 05:37 – 07:54 Libra
- 07:54 – 10:11 Scorpio
- 10:11 – 12:16 Sagittarius
- 12:16 – 14:00 Capricorn
- 14:00 – 15:31 Aquarius
- 15:31 – 17:00 Pisces
- 17:00 – 18:38 Aries
- 18:38 – 20:35 Taurus
- 20:35 – 22:49 Gemini
- 22:49 – 01:07 next day Cancer
- 01:07 – 03:21 next day Leo
- 03:21 – 05:33 next day Virgo
- 05:33 – 06:02 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