Varanasi panchang, 11 December 2024
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 13:46 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:51 – 13:10
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:07 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 01:09 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 11:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Variyan until 18:47
- Karana Vanija until 14:28, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 11:48 Moon enters Aries
- 14:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:47 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 01:09 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 01:09 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:10
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:47 – 05:05 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 11:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 11:48 – 06:35 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. 04:47 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 11:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 01:09 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:34 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 11:51 | Good |
| Rog | 11:51 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 10:58 NowSun
- 11:51 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:06 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:58 Scorpio
- 06:58 – 09:03 Sagittarius
- 09:03 – 10:48 Capricorn
- 10:48 – 12:19 Aquarius
- 12:19 – 13:47 Pisces
- 13:47 – 15:25 Aries
- 15:25 – 17:22 Taurus
- 17:22 – 19:36 Gemini
- 19:36 – 21:54 Cancer
- 21:54 – 00:08 next day Leo
- 00:08 – 02:21 next day Virgo
- 02:21 – 04:37 next day Libra
- 04:37 – 06:35 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