Varanasi panchang, 30 October 2024
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 04:03 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:29 – 08:53
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:17 to 06:06 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 13:16
- Nakshatra Hasta until 21:43 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:51
- Karana Vanija until 13:16, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:51 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 13:16 Karana becomes Vishti
- 21:43 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:36 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:47 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:29 – 08:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:51 – 10:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
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. 04:23 – 05:14
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:05 – 21:43
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:05 – 07:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:29 – 08:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:53 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:53 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:53 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:30 – 06:06 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
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:01 NowMoon
- 07:57 NowSaturn
- 08:53 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 05:02 NowSaturn
- 06:05 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:05 NowSaturn
- 09:05 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 12:05 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:05 NowSun
- 19:05 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMars
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:05 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:10 Virgo
- 05:10 – 07:26 Libra
- 07:26 – 09:43 Scorpio
- 09:43 – 11:48 Sagittarius
- 11:48 – 13:33 Capricorn
- 13:33 – 15:04 Aquarius
- 15:04 – 16:32 Pisces
- 16:32 – 18:10 Aries
- 18:10 – 20:08 Taurus
- 20:08 – 22:21 Gemini
- 22:21 – 00:39 next day Cancer
- 00:39 – 02:53 next day Leo
- 02:53 – 05:06 next day Virgo
- 05:06 – 06:06 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