Varanasi panchang, 7 December 2024
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:26 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:06- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:31 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta 06:31 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 07:14 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam 09:10 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:08 – 14:28
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
17:06 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 11:06
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 16:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyaghata until 08:42
- Karana Taitila until 11:06, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:42 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 11:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 11:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 22:28 Karana becomes Vanija
- 06:25 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:31 – 07:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:31 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:14 – 07:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:28
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:25 – 07:37 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. 04:44 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:31 – 16:50
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:31 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:51 – 09:10 | Good |
| Rog | 09:10 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Char | 11:49 – 13:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:08 – 14:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:28 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:28 – 22:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:09 – 23:49 | Good |
| Char | 23:49 – 01:30 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:30 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:51 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:17 NowMars
- 09:10 NowSun
- 10:03 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 11:49 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:06 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:49 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 02:04 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMars
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:57 Libra
- 04:57 – 07:14 Scorpio
- 07:14 – 09:19 Sagittarius
- 09:19 – 11:04 Capricorn
- 11:04 – 12:34 Aquarius
- 12:34 – 14:03 Pisces
- 14:03 – 15:41 Aries
- 15:41 – 17:38 Taurus
- 17:38 – 19:52 Gemini
- 19:52 – 22:10 Cancer
- 22:10 – 00:24 next day Leo
- 00:24 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 04:53 next day Libra
- 04:53 – 06:32 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