Varanasi panchang, 13 November 2024
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 15:13 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:36 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:03
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:09 to 06:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:11 next day Moon enters Aries
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 13:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 03:11 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vajra until 15:25
- Karana Balava until 13:01, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 13:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:25 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:24 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:11 next day Moon enters Aries
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:36 – 08:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:03
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 03:11 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:11 – 06:15 next day
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. 04:30 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:14 – 13:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:11 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:14 – 07:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:36 – 08:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:58 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:47 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:37 – 06:15 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
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:58 NowJupiter
- 09:53 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 04:04 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowMercury
- 07:14 NowMoon
- 08:14 NowSaturn
- 09:14 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:14 NowSun
- 12:14 NowVenus
- 13:14 NowMercury
- 14:14 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:14 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:14 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:14 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 06:31 Libra
- 06:31 – 08:48 Scorpio
- 08:48 – 10:53 Sagittarius
- 10:53 – 12:38 Capricorn
- 12:38 – 14:09 Aquarius
- 14:09 – 15:37 Pisces
- 15:37 – 17:15 Aries
- 17:15 – 19:13 Taurus
- 19:13 – 21:26 Gemini
- 21:26 – 23:44 Cancer
- 23:44 – 01:58 next day Leo
- 01:58 – 04:11 next day Virgo
- 04:11 – 06:15 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