Varanasi panchang, 2 November 2024
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 06:40 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 17:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:07 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 06:52 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam 08:54 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:28
- 07:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:15 to 06:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:23 Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:22
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:58 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 11:17
- Karana Kimstughna until 07:22, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:22 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:23 Moon enters Scorpio
- 05:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:07 – 07:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:52 – 07:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:28
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 – 05:16
- 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 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:07 – 07:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:30 – 08:54 | Good |
| Rog | 08:54 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:51 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:51 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:54 – 04:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:31 – 06:08 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
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:03 NowJupiter
- 07:58 NowMars
- 08:54 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:37 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:24 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:50 NowMoon
- 02:54 NowSaturn
- 03:59 NowJupiter
- 05:03 NowMars
- 06:07 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:07 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:07 NowMercury
- 19:07 NowMoon
- 20:07 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:07 NowVenus
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:07 NowSaturn
- 04:07 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 04:58 Virgo
- 04:58 – 07:15 Libra
- 07:15 – 09:32 Scorpio
- 09:32 – 11:36 Sagittarius
- 11:36 – 13:21 Capricorn
- 13:21 – 14:52 Aquarius
- 14:52 – 16:20 Pisces
- 16:20 – 17:59 Aries
- 17:59 – 19:56 Taurus
- 19:56 – 22:10 Gemini
- 22:10 – 00:27 next day Cancer
- 00:27 – 02:41 next day Leo
- 02:41 – 04:54 next day Virgo
- 04:54 – 06:08 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