Varanasi panchang, 24 October 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 23:40 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:21- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:02 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:06 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:05
- 06:15 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:21 to 06:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 01:58 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:15 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sadhya until 05:22 next day
- Karana Balava until 13:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:15 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 13:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 01:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 05:22 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:02 – 07:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:05
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 01:58 – 06:02 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. 04:20 – 05:11
- 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 17:21 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:02 – 06:15
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 06:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 06:15
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:15 – 01:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:02 – 07:27 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:27 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:56 – 17:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:21 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:56 – 20:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:31 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:59 NowSun
- 06:02 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 08:02 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 16:02 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:02 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:02 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:02 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:33 Virgo
- 05:33 – 07:50 Libra
- 07:50 – 10:07 Scorpio
- 10:07 – 12:12 Sagittarius
- 12:12 – 13:57 Capricorn
- 13:57 – 15:27 Aquarius
- 15:27 – 16:56 Pisces
- 16:56 – 18:34 Aries
- 18:34 – 20:31 Taurus
- 20:31 – 22:45 Gemini
- 22:45 – 01:03 next day Cancer
- 01:03 – 03:17 next day Leo
- 03:17 – 05:30 next day Virgo
- 05:30 – 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