Varanasi panchang, 16 November 2024
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 17:24 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 07:00 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:25
- 13:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:08 to 06:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:50 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 23:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 19:28 · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 23:47
- Karana Balava until 13:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 13:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:28 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 23:47 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 23:50 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:00 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
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 – 05:24
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 19:28 – 06:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:28 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:38 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Char | 23:43 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:00 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:17 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:05 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:54 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 03:00 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:20 Libra
- 06:20 – 08:37 Scorpio
- 08:37 – 10:41 Sagittarius
- 10:41 – 12:26 Capricorn
- 12:26 – 13:57 Aquarius
- 13:57 – 15:25 Pisces
- 15:25 – 17:04 Aries
- 17:04 – 19:01 Taurus
- 19:01 – 21:15 Gemini
- 21:15 – 23:32 Cancer
- 23:32 – 01:46 next day Leo
- 01:46 – 03:59 next day Virgo
- 03:59 – 06:16 next day Libra
- 06:16 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
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