Varanasi panchang, 14 December 2024
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 16:02 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:36 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam 09:14 – 10:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:13
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:30
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:08 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 16:59
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:54 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 08:26
- Karana Vanija until 16:59, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:26 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:59 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 16:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 05:07 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:36 – 07:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:14 – 10:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:30
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. 04:48 – 05:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:50
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:36 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 03:54 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:36 – 16:59
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:36 – 07:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:55 – 09:14 | Good |
| Rog | 09:14 – 10:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:33 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Char | 11:52 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:30 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:30 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:52 | Good |
| Char | 23:52 – 01:34 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:29 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 10:59 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:30 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:30 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 02:07 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:36 NowMars
- 09:36 NowSun
- 10:36 NowVenus
- 11:36 NowMercury
- 12:36 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:36 NowJupiter
- 15:36 NowMars
- 16:36 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:36 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:36 NowSaturn
- 21:36 NowJupiter
- 22:36 NowMars
- 23:36 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:36 NowVenus
- 01:36 NowMercury
- 02:36 NowMoon
- 03:36 NowSaturn
- 04:36 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:46 Scorpio
- 06:46 – 08:51 Sagittarius
- 08:51 – 10:36 Capricorn
- 10:36 – 12:07 Aquarius
- 12:07 – 13:35 Pisces
- 13:35 – 15:13 Aries
- 15:13 – 17:11 Taurus
- 17:11 – 19:25 Gemini
- 19:25 – 21:42 Cancer
- 21:42 – 23:56 Leo
- 23:56 – 02:09 next day Virgo
- 02:09 – 04:26 next day Libra
- 04:26 – 06:37 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