Varanasi panchang, 6 November 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 10:28 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 17:12- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:04
- 10:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:33 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:12 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 11:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 10:50
- Karana Bava until 12:33, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 10:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 11:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 12:33 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
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. 04:26 – 05:18
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:12 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:46 – 11:00
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:10 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:49 – 17:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:12 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:56 – 04:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:33 – 06:10 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
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:05 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 04:01 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 04:42 Virgo
- 04:42 – 06:59 Libra
- 06:59 – 09:16 Scorpio
- 09:16 – 11:21 Sagittarius
- 11:21 – 13:05 Capricorn
- 13:05 – 14:36 Aquarius
- 14:36 – 16:05 Pisces
- 16:05 – 17:43 Aries
- 17:43 – 19:40 Taurus
- 19:40 – 21:54 Gemini
- 21:54 – 00:12 next day Cancer
- 00:12 – 02:26 next day Leo
- 02:26 – 04:38 next day Virgo
- 04:38 – 06:10 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