Varanasi panchang, 27 October 2024
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 01:31 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 17:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:30 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta 15:49 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:54 – 17:19
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
17:19 to 06:04 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:51 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:24 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 06:47 next day
- Karana Bava until 18:35, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 18:35 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:49 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:54 – 17:19
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. 04:22 – 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 17:19 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:28 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:30 | Good |
| Rog | 14:30 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:54 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:19 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:30 | Good |
| Char | 20:30 – 22:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:06 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 06:04 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 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:22 Virgo
- 05:22 – 07:38 Libra
- 07:38 – 09:55 Scorpio
- 09:55 – 12:00 Sagittarius
- 12:00 – 13:45 Capricorn
- 13:45 – 15:16 Aquarius
- 15:16 – 16:44 Pisces
- 16:44 – 18:22 Aries
- 18:22 – 20:19 Taurus
- 20:19 – 22:33 Gemini
- 22:33 – 00:51 next day Cancer
- 00:51 – 03:05 next day Leo
- 03:05 – 05:18 next day Virgo
- 05:18 – 06:04 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