Varanasi panchang, 8 November 2024
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 12:06 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:33 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta 08:23 – 09:07
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:49
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:11 to 06:12 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:56
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:03 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shula until 08:27
- Karana Gara until 12:20, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:27 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 12:03 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 12:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:33 – 08:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:23 – 09:07
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:27 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:03 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:49
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 – 05:19
- 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 17:11 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 12:03
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:03 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:11 – 07:33 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:33 – 08:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:56 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:41 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:56 – 04:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:34 – 06:12 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
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:06 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 08:56 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:16 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:56 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:07 NowMoon
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:35 Virgo
- 04:35 – 06:51 Libra
- 06:51 – 09:08 Scorpio
- 09:08 – 11:13 Sagittarius
- 11:13 – 12:58 Capricorn
- 12:58 – 14:28 Aquarius
- 14:28 – 15:57 Pisces
- 15:57 – 17:35 Aries
- 17:35 – 19:32 Taurus
- 19:32 – 21:46 Gemini
- 21:46 – 00:04 next day Cancer
- 00:04 – 02:18 next day Leo
- 02:18 – 04:31 next day Virgo
- 04:31 – 06:12 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