Varanasi panchang, 3 November 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 07:36 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 17:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:27 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta 15:45 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:51 – 17:14
- 09:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:14 to 06:08 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:05
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:03 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:39
- Karana Balava until 09:16, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:16 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:39 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 22:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:05 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:45 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:51 – 17:14
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 06:08 next day
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. 04:25 – 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 17:14 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:08 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:27 | Good |
| Rog | 14:27 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:51 – 17:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:14 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:55 – 04:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:32 – 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
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:50 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:32 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:32 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:41 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:50 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 05:04 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowSun
- 07:08 NowVenus
- 08:08 NowMercury
- 09:08 NowMoon
- 10:08 NowSaturn
- 11:08 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:08 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:08 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:08 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:08 NowSun
- 04:08 NowVenus
- 05:08 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:54 Virgo
- 04:54 – 07:11 Libra
- 07:11 – 09:28 Scorpio
- 09:28 – 11:32 Sagittarius
- 11:32 – 13:17 Capricorn
- 13:17 – 14:48 Aquarius
- 14:48 – 16:16 Pisces
- 16:16 – 17:55 Aries
- 17:55 – 19:52 Taurus
- 19:52 – 22:06 Gemini
- 22:06 – 00:23 next day Cancer
- 00:23 – 02:37 next day Leo
- 02:37 – 04:50 next day Virgo
- 04:50 – 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