Varanasi panchang, 1 December 2024
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 06:27 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:26 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:06
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:06 to 06:28 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 11:51
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 14:23 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 16:33
- Karana Naga until 11:51, then Kimstughna
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 11:51 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 14:23 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 16:33 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:06
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 14:23
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:23 – 06:28 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. 04:40 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:47 – 09:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:07 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:26 | Good |
| Rog | 14:26 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Char | 20:26 – 22:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:07 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:07 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:48 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:20 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:00 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:40 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:40 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 02:01 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:21 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:21 Libra
- 05:21 – 07:38 Scorpio
- 07:38 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 11:27 Capricorn
- 11:27 – 12:58 Aquarius
- 12:58 – 14:26 Pisces
- 14:26 – 16:05 Aries
- 16:05 – 18:02 Taurus
- 18:02 – 20:16 Gemini
- 20:16 – 22:33 Cancer
- 22:33 – 00:47 next day Leo
- 00:47 – 03:00 next day Virgo
- 03:00 – 05:17 next day Libra
- 05:17 – 06:28 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