Varanasi panchang, 23 November 2024
Sunrise 06:21 Sunset 17:06 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:21 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:21 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 07:04 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam 09:03 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:25
- 06:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
17:06 to 06:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:57 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:57
- Nakshatra Magha until 19:27 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 11:41
- Karana Balava until 06:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 06:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:41 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:27 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 19:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:21 – 07:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:04 – 07:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:03 – 10:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:41 – 12:17 next day
- 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. 04:35 – 05:28
- 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 17:06 – 19:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:57 – 06:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:21 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:42 – 09:03 | Good |
| Rog | 09:03 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:05 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:03 – 04:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:43 – 06:22 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
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:03 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:57 NowMoon
- 03:03 NowSaturn
- 04:10 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 05:52 Libra
- 05:52 – 08:09 Scorpio
- 08:09 – 10:14 Sagittarius
- 10:14 – 11:59 Capricorn
- 11:59 – 13:29 Aquarius
- 13:29 – 14:58 Pisces
- 14:58 – 16:36 Aries
- 16:36 – 18:33 Taurus
- 18:33 – 20:47 Gemini
- 20:47 – 23:05 Cancer
- 23:05 – 01:19 next day Leo
- 01:19 – 03:32 next day Virgo
- 03:32 – 05:48 next day Libra
- 05:48 – 06:22 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