Varanasi panchang, 25 October 2024
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:20 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 17:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:56
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:20 to 06:03 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:23 next day
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:40 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 05:26 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:35, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:40 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 14:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:26 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:02 – 07:40
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:40 – 06:03 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. 04:21 – 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 17:20 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:20 – 18:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:56 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:31 – 22:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:06 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 06:03 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 06:59 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:31 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:56 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:30 Virgo
- 05:30 – 07:46 Libra
- 07:46 – 10:03 Scorpio
- 10:03 – 12:08 Sagittarius
- 12:08 – 13:53 Capricorn
- 13:53 – 15:23 Aquarius
- 15:23 – 16:52 Pisces
- 16:52 – 18:30 Aries
- 18:30 – 20:27 Taurus
- 20:27 – 22:41 Gemini
- 22:41 – 00:59 next day Cancer
- 00:59 – 03:13 next day Leo
- 03:13 – 05:26 next day Virgo
- 05:26 – 06:03 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