Varanasi panchang, 5 December 2024
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 10:05 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:06- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:30 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam 09:09 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta 10:02 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:08 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:59
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:06 to 06:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 12:49
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:26 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:27
- Karana Vishti until 12:49, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:27 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 12:49 Karana becomes Bava
- 17:26 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:30 – 07:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:09 – 10:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:02 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:59
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 23:06 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 22:05 – 00:08 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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 17:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:49 – 06:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:30 – 07:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:50 – 09:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:09 – 10:29 | Bad |
| Char | 10:29 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:08 – 14:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:27 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:47 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:47 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:08 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:29 – 03:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:10 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:50 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:09 NowVenus
- 10:02 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:24 NowSun
- 06:30 NowJupiter
- 07:30 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:30 NowVenus
- 10:30 NowMercury
- 11:30 NowMoon
- 12:30 NowSaturn
- 13:30 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:30 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:30 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:30 NowMars
- 22:30 NowSun
- 23:30 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMercury
- 01:30 NowMoon
- 02:30 NowSaturn
- 03:30 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:05 Libra
- 05:05 – 07:22 Scorpio
- 07:22 – 09:27 Sagittarius
- 09:27 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:42 Aquarius
- 12:42 – 14:11 Pisces
- 14:11 – 15:49 Aries
- 15:49 – 17:46 Taurus
- 17:46 – 20:00 Gemini
- 20:00 – 22:18 Cancer
- 22:18 – 00:32 next day Leo
- 00:32 – 02:44 next day Virgo
- 02:44 – 05:01 next day Libra
- 05:01 – 06:31 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