Varanasi panchang, 14 November 2024
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 15:52 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 17:09- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:15 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam 08:58 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:03 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:58
- 09:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:29 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:09 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:23 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:43
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:32 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:29
- Karana Taitila until 09:43, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:43 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:29 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 20:01 Karana becomes Vanija
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:36
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:29 – 07:29 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:03 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:58
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 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:15 – 00:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 00:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:15 – 07:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:37 – 08:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:58 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:03 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:47 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:59 – 04:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:37 – 06:16 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
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:04 NowSun
- 08:58 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:36 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:14 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:53 NowSaturn
- 02:59 NowJupiter
- 04:05 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:15 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:15 NowVenus
- 10:15 NowMercury
- 11:15 NowMoon
- 12:15 NowSaturn
- 13:15 NowJupiter
- 14:15 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:15 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:15 NowSun
- 23:15 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:15 NowMercury
- 01:15 NowMoon
- 02:15 NowSaturn
- 03:15 NowJupiter
- 04:15 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:30 – 06:27 Libra
- 06:27 – 08:44 Scorpio
- 08:44 – 10:49 Sagittarius
- 10:49 – 12:34 Capricorn
- 12:34 – 14:05 Aquarius
- 14:05 – 15:33 Pisces
- 15:33 – 17:11 Aries
- 17:11 – 19:09 Taurus
- 19:09 – 21:22 Gemini
- 21:22 – 23:40 Cancer
- 23:40 – 01:54 next day Leo
- 01:54 – 04:07 next day Virgo
- 04:07 – 06:16 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