Varanasi panchang, 9 November 2024
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 12:48 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:12 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:26
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:11 to 06:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 22:45
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:47 · lord Moon
- Yoga Ganda until 06:38
- Karana Vishti until 11:25, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:38 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 11:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 22:45 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:23 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:12 – 07:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:26
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 21:35 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 20:35 – 22:35
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. 04:28 – 05:20
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 11:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:45 – 06:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:12 – 07:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:34 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:35 – 06:12 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
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:07 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 04:02 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:28 – 04:31 Virgo
- 04:31 – 06:47 Libra
- 06:47 – 09:04 Scorpio
- 09:04 – 11:09 Sagittarius
- 11:09 – 12:54 Capricorn
- 12:54 – 14:24 Aquarius
- 14:24 – 15:53 Pisces
- 15:53 – 17:31 Aries
- 17:31 – 19:28 Taurus
- 19:28 – 21:42 Gemini
- 21:42 – 00:00 next day Cancer
- 00:00 – 02:14 next day Leo
- 02:14 – 04:27 next day Virgo
- 04:27 – 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