Varanasi panchang, 8 December 2024
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 12:02 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:07- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:42 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:07
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 09:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:03 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 03:53 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:44, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 09:44 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 20:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:53 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 09:44 – 20:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:42 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:07
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. 04:45 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:09 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:07 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:09 – 23:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:31 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:33 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
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:25 NowVenus
- 08:18 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:04 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:07 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:50 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 02:04 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:26 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:53 Libra
- 04:53 – 07:10 Scorpio
- 07:10 – 09:15 Sagittarius
- 09:15 – 11:00 Capricorn
- 11:00 – 12:30 Aquarius
- 12:30 – 13:59 Pisces
- 13:59 – 15:37 Aries
- 15:37 – 17:34 Taurus
- 17:34 – 19:48 Gemini
- 19:48 – 22:06 Cancer
- 22:06 – 00:20 next day Leo
- 00:20 – 02:33 next day Virgo
- 02:33 – 04:49 next day Libra
- 04:49 – 06:33 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