Varanasi panchang, 28 October 2024
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 02:23 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:28 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:03
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Indra
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:18 to 06:05 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:10 Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 07:51
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 15:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Brahma until 06:47
- Karana Balava until 07:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:47 Yoga becomes Indra
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 07:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:23 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 21:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:10 Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:03
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 – 05:13
- 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 17:18 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:04 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:28 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:30 – 15:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:54 – 17:18 | Good |
| Char | 17:18 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:30 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:06 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 06:05 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:00 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:30 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:22 NowSun
- 17:18 NowVenus
- 18:22 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:57 NowSaturn
- 05:01 NowJupiter
- 06:04 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 08:04 NowJupiter
- 09:04 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:04 NowSaturn
- 15:04 NowJupiter
- 16:04 NowMars
- 17:04 NowSun
- 18:04 NowVenus
- 19:04 NowMercury
- 20:04 NowMoon
- 21:04 NowSaturn
- 22:04 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:04 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:18 Virgo
- 05:18 – 07:34 Libra
- 07:34 – 09:51 Scorpio
- 09:51 – 11:56 Sagittarius
- 11:56 – 13:41 Capricorn
- 13:41 – 15:12 Aquarius
- 15:12 – 16:40 Pisces
- 16:40 – 18:18 Aries
- 18:18 – 20:15 Taurus
- 20:15 – 22:29 Gemini
- 22:29 – 00:47 next day Cancer
- 00:47 – 03:01 next day Leo
- 03:01 – 05:14 next day Virgo
- 05:14 – 06:05 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