Varanasi panchang, 17 November 2024
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 18:20 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:08- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:08
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:08 to 06:18 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:06
- Nakshatra Rohini until 17:22 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shiva until 20:21
- Karana Taitila until 10:25, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:22 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 20:21 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 21:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:08
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. 04:32 – 05:25
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:17 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 09:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:43 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:39 – 06:18 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
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:06 NowMercury
- 09:00 NowMoon
- 09:54 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:37 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowSun
- 07:17 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:17 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:17 NowJupiter
- 12:17 NowMars
- 13:17 NowSun
- 14:17 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:17 NowMercury
- 23:17 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSaturn
- 01:17 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:17 NowSun
- 04:17 NowVenus
- 05:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:16 Libra
- 06:16 – 08:33 Scorpio
- 08:33 – 10:37 Sagittarius
- 10:37 – 12:22 Capricorn
- 12:22 – 13:53 Aquarius
- 13:53 – 15:21 Pisces
- 15:21 – 17:00 Aries
- 17:00 – 18:57 Taurus
- 18:57 – 21:11 Gemini
- 21:11 – 23:28 Cancer
- 23:28 – 01:42 next day Leo
- 01:42 – 03:55 next day Virgo
- 03:55 – 06:12 next day Libra
- 06:12 – 06:18 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