Varanasi panchang, 2 December 2024
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 07:25 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:48 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 11:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:07 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 14:58
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:45 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:43
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 15:45 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:00
- Karana Bava until 12:43, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 15:45 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:00 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 14:58
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:00 – 18:00
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. 04:41 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 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
| Amrit | 06:28 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:48 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 11:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:47 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Char | 13:07 – 14:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:26 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:27 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 03:08 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:21 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:01 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:17 Libra
- 05:17 – 07:34 Scorpio
- 07:34 – 09:38 Sagittarius
- 09:38 – 11:23 Capricorn
- 11:23 – 12:54 Aquarius
- 12:54 – 14:22 Pisces
- 14:22 – 16:01 Aries
- 16:01 – 17:58 Taurus
- 17:58 – 20:12 Gemini
- 20:12 – 22:29 Cancer
- 22:29 – 00:43 next day Leo
- 00:43 – 02:56 next day Virgo
- 02:56 – 05:13 next day Libra
- 05:13 – 06:29 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