Varanasi panchang, 31 October 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 04:54 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:06 to 17:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:06 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam 08:53 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:05 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 15:02
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:15 Moon enters Libra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:16 to 06:06 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:15 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:53
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:44 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:50
- Karana Shakuni until 15:53, then Chatushpada
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:15 Moon enters Libra
- 15:53 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:53 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 05:07 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:06 – 07:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 15:02
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 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 17:16 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:53 – 06:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:06 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:30 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:53 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:05 – 14:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:28 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:52 – 17:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:16 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:52 – 20:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:29 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:30 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:30 – 06:06 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
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:02 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:53 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:24 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:29 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:58 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:06 NowJupiter
- 07:06 NowMars
- 08:06 NowSun
- 09:06 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 11:06 NowMoon
- 12:06 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:06 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:06 NowMoon
- 19:06 NowSaturn
- 20:06 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMercury
- 01:06 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:06 NowJupiter
- 04:06 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:23 – 05:06 Virgo
- 05:06 – 07:22 Libra
- 07:22 – 09:39 Scorpio
- 09:39 – 11:44 Sagittarius
- 11:44 – 13:29 Capricorn
- 13:29 – 15:00 Aquarius
- 15:00 – 16:28 Pisces
- 16:28 – 18:06 Aries
- 18:06 – 20:04 Taurus
- 20:04 – 22:18 Gemini
- 22:18 – 00:35 next day Cancer
- 00:35 – 02:49 next day Leo
- 02:49 – 05:02 next day Virgo
- 05:02 – 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