Varanasi panchang, 21 November 2024
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 22:27 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:20 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam 09:02 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:56 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:03 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:07 to 06:21 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 17:03
- Nakshatra Pushya until 15:35 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shukla until 12:01
- Karana Vanija until 17:03, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 15:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 17:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 17:03 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:29 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:20 – 07:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:02 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:56 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 17:03 – 05:29 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 23:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:07 – 00:17 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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:45
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:20 – 15:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:20 – 15:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 15:35 – 06:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:20 – 07:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:41 – 09:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:02 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:02 NowVenus
- 09:56 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:20 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:20 NowMercury
- 11:20 NowMoon
- 12:20 NowSaturn
- 13:20 NowJupiter
- 14:20 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:20 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:20 NowJupiter
- 21:20 NowMars
- 22:20 NowSun
- 23:20 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMercury
- 01:20 NowMoon
- 02:20 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:20 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:00 Libra
- 06:00 – 08:17 Scorpio
- 08:17 – 10:22 Sagittarius
- 10:22 – 12:06 Capricorn
- 12:06 – 13:37 Aquarius
- 13:37 – 15:06 Pisces
- 15:06 – 16:44 Aries
- 16:44 – 18:41 Taurus
- 18:41 – 20:55 Gemini
- 20:55 – 23:13 Cancer
- 23:13 – 01:27 next day Leo
- 01:27 – 03:39 next day Virgo
- 03:39 – 05:56 next day Libra
- 05:56 – 06:21 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