Varanasi panchang, 12 December 2024
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 14:26 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:35 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta 10:06 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Rahu Kalam 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta 14:19 – 15:01
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:08 to 06:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 22:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Parigha until 15:22
- Karana Bava until 11:49, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:22 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 22:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 22:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:35 – 07:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:06 – 10:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:19 – 15:01
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 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:08 – 19:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:35 – 09:52
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:35 – 07:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:54 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Char | 10:32 – 11:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:51 – 13:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:29 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:49 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:49 – 20:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:30 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:11 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:33 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:20 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:06 NowMercury
- 10:58 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:29 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:15 NowMercury
- 17:08 NowMoon
- 18:15 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMoon
- 02:06 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:54 Scorpio
- 06:54 – 08:59 Sagittarius
- 08:59 – 10:44 Capricorn
- 10:44 – 12:15 Aquarius
- 12:15 – 13:43 Pisces
- 13:43 – 15:21 Aries
- 15:21 – 17:18 Taurus
- 17:18 – 19:32 Gemini
- 19:32 – 21:50 Cancer
- 21:50 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:17 next day Virgo
- 02:17 – 04:33 next day Libra
- 04:33 – 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