Varanasi panchang, 10 December 2024
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 13:10 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:40 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 09:12 – 10:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam 14:29 – 15:48
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 16:54 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 03:43 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 13:30 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 22:02
- Karana Taitila until 16:54, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 16:54 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 03:43 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:40 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:31
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:48
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. 04:46 – 05:40
- 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 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:33 – 13:30
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 13:30
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:33 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:53 – 09:12 | Bad |
| Char | 09:12 – 10:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:31 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Rog | 15:48 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:48 – 20:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:29 – 22:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:10 – 23:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:32 – 03:12 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:53 – 06:34 next day | Bad |
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 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:19 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 10:58 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:29 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:29 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:51 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:33 NowMercury
- 10:33 NowMoon
- 11:33 NowSaturn
- 12:33 NowJupiter
- 13:33 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:33 NowMercury
- 17:33 NowMoon
- 18:33 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:33 NowSun
- 22:33 NowVenus
- 23:33 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMoon
- 01:33 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 07:02 Scorpio
- 07:02 – 09:07 Sagittarius
- 09:07 – 10:52 Capricorn
- 10:52 – 12:23 Aquarius
- 12:23 – 13:51 Pisces
- 13:51 – 15:29 Aries
- 15:29 – 17:26 Taurus
- 17:26 – 19:40 Gemini
- 19:40 – 21:58 Cancer
- 21:58 – 00:12 next day Leo
- 00:12 – 02:25 next day Virgo
- 02:25 – 04:41 next day Libra
- 04:41 – 06:34 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