Varanasi panchang, 9 December 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 12:36 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:31 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 12:11 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:18 – 15:00
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 08:03
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 14:56 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:05 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:14 Moon enters Pisces
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 19:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:05 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 06:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 06:02 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:11 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:18 – 15:00
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:05 – 22:02 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. 04:45 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:56 – 06:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:33 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:31 | Good |
| Rog | 10:31 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:48 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:29 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:53 – 06:33 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
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 02:05 NowMercury
- 03:12 NowMoon
- 04:19 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:49 Libra
- 04:49 – 07:06 Scorpio
- 07:06 – 09:11 Sagittarius
- 09:11 – 10:56 Capricorn
- 10:56 – 12:26 Aquarius
- 12:26 – 13:55 Pisces
- 13:55 – 15:33 Aries
- 15:33 – 17:30 Taurus
- 17:30 – 19:44 Gemini
- 19:44 – 22:02 Cancer
- 22:02 – 00:16 next day Leo
- 00:16 – 02:29 next day Virgo
- 02:29 – 04:45 next day Libra
- 04:45 – 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