Varanasi panchang, 7 November 2024
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 11:19 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 08:56 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:59
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:12 to 06:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:35 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:47 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 09:51
- Karana Kaulava until 12:42, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Shula
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 12:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:54 Moon enters Capricorn
- 00:35 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:35 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:35
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:51 – 11:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:59
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. 04:27 – 05:18
- 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 17:12 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:47 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:56 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:26 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:49 – 17:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:12 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:49 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:56 – 04:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:34 – 06:11 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:05 NowMars
- 08:00 NowSun
- 08:56 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:26 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:36 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:56 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:06 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:38 Virgo
- 04:38 – 06:55 Libra
- 06:55 – 09:12 Scorpio
- 09:12 – 11:17 Sagittarius
- 11:17 – 13:02 Capricorn
- 13:02 – 14:32 Aquarius
- 14:32 – 16:01 Pisces
- 16:01 – 17:39 Aries
- 17:39 – 19:36 Taurus
- 19:36 – 21:50 Gemini
- 21:50 – 00:08 next day Cancer
- 00:08 – 02:22 next day Leo
- 02:22 – 04:35 next day Virgo
- 04:35 – 06:11 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