Varanasi panchang, 1 November 2024
Sunrise 06:06 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 05:46 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 17:15- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:30 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta 08:20 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:28 – 15:52
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
17:15 to 06:07 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:17 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:17
- Nakshatra Swati until 03:31 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 10:40
- Karana Naga until 18:17, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:40 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:17 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 03:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 08:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:20 – 09:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:52
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. 04:24 – 05:15
- 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 17:15 – 19:50
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:17 – 06:07 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:06 – 07:30 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:30 – 08:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:54 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:28 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:15 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:28 – 22:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:05 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:54 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:07 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
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 07:58 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:28 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:28 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:58 NowMercury
- 05:03 NowMoon
- 06:06 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:06 NowMoon
- 09:06 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 11:06 NowMars
- 12:06 NowSun
- 13:06 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:06 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:06 NowMars
- 19:06 NowSun
- 20:06 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:06 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:06 NowJupiter
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:06 NowMercury
- 05:06 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:02 Virgo
- 05:02 – 07:19 Libra
- 07:19 – 09:35 Scorpio
- 09:35 – 11:40 Sagittarius
- 11:40 – 13:25 Capricorn
- 13:25 – 14:56 Aquarius
- 14:56 – 16:24 Pisces
- 16:24 – 18:03 Aries
- 18:03 – 20:00 Taurus
- 20:00 – 22:14 Gemini
- 22:14 – 00:31 next day Cancer
- 00:31 – 02:45 next day Leo
- 02:45 – 04:58 next day Virgo
- 04:58 – 06:07 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