Varanasi panchang, 4 November 2024
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 08:34 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 17:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:31 – 08:55
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 15:00
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:13 to 06:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:17 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:24
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 08:03 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:43
- Karana Taitila until 10:48, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:03 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 10:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:43 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:31 – 08:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:43 – 14:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 15:00
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 – 05:17
- 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 17:13 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:08 – 08:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:03 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:08 – 07:31 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:31 – 08:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:55 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:27 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:13 | Good |
| Char | 17:13 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:41 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:55 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:32 – 06:09 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:04 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:55 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:41 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:27 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:18 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:41 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:55 NowMoon
- 04:00 NowSaturn
- 05:04 NowJupiter
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:50 Virgo
- 04:50 – 07:07 Libra
- 07:07 – 09:24 Scorpio
- 09:24 – 11:28 Sagittarius
- 11:28 – 13:13 Capricorn
- 13:13 – 14:44 Aquarius
- 14:44 – 16:12 Pisces
- 16:12 – 17:51 Aries
- 17:51 – 19:48 Taurus
- 19:48 – 22:02 Gemini
- 22:02 – 00:19 next day Cancer
- 00:19 – 02:33 next day Leo
- 02:33 – 04:46 next day Virgo
- 04:46 – 06:09 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