Varanasi panchang, 26 October 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 00:37 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:03 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta 06:48 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam 08:52 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:06 – 14:30
- 09:45 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:45 Moon enters Leo
- 16:19 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:20 to 06:03 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:57 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:24 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 09:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 05:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 16:19, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:45 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 09:45 Moon enters Leo
- 16:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:24 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:57 next day Yoga becomes Brahma
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:48 – 07:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:30
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 16:19 – 05:24 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:25 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:18 – 05:33 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 – 05:12
- 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 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:03 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:27 – 08:52 | Good |
| Rog | 08:52 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:06 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:55 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:55 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:31 – 22:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:06 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:28 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 06:59 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:34 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:27 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:31 NowJupiter
- 21:34 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:56 NowJupiter
- 05:00 NowMars
- 06:03 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 08:03 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 15:03 NowMars
- 16:03 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:03 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:03 NowSaturn
- 21:03 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:03 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:03 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:26 Virgo
- 05:26 – 07:42 Libra
- 07:42 – 09:59 Scorpio
- 09:59 – 12:04 Sagittarius
- 12:04 – 13:49 Capricorn
- 13:49 – 15:19 Aquarius
- 15:19 – 16:48 Pisces
- 16:48 – 18:26 Aries
- 18:26 – 20:23 Taurus
- 20:23 – 22:37 Gemini
- 22:37 – 00:55 next day Cancer
- 00:55 – 03:09 next day Leo
- 03:09 – 05:22 next day Virgo
- 05:22 – 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