Varanasi panchang, 18 November 2024
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 19:21 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:39 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:56
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 15:48 · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 17:21
- Karana Vanija until 07:56, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:21 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 18:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 06:06 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
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 17:07 – 19:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:18 – 15:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 15:48
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:39 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:40 – 06:19 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:12 NowSaturn
- 08:06 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 03:01 NowMoon
- 04:07 NowSaturn
- 05:13 NowJupiter
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:12 Libra
- 06:12 – 08:29 Scorpio
- 08:29 – 10:33 Sagittarius
- 10:33 – 12:18 Capricorn
- 12:18 – 13:49 Aquarius
- 13:49 – 15:17 Pisces
- 15:17 – 16:56 Aries
- 16:56 – 18:53 Taurus
- 18:53 – 21:07 Gemini
- 21:07 – 23:24 Cancer
- 23:24 – 01:38 next day Leo
- 01:38 – 03:51 next day Virgo
- 03:51 – 06:08 next day Libra
- 06:08 – 06:19 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