Varanasi panchang, 15 November 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 16:35 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:37 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta 08:26 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:47
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:08 to 06:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 06:19
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:55 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:29
- Karana Vanija until 06:19, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:19 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 06:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:29 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 16:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:55 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 02:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 03:17 next day Moon enters Taurus
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:37 – 08:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:26 – 09:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:33 – 13:40 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. 04:31 – 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 17:08 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:58 – 06:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:37 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:37 – 08:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:59 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:38 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:04 NowMoon
- 08:59 NowSaturn
- 09:53 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:14 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:59 NowVenus
- 04:05 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:23 Libra
- 06:23 – 08:40 Scorpio
- 08:40 – 10:45 Sagittarius
- 10:45 – 12:30 Capricorn
- 12:30 – 14:01 Aquarius
- 14:01 – 15:29 Pisces
- 15:29 – 17:07 Aries
- 17:07 – 19:05 Taurus
- 19:05 – 21:19 Gemini
- 21:19 – 23:36 Cancer
- 23:36 – 01:50 next day Leo
- 01:50 – 04:03 next day Virgo
- 04:03 – 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