Varanasi panchang, 15 December 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 17:01 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Yamaganda 11:53 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta 15:44 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam 15:50 – 17:09
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:09 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 14:31
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:20 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 02:03 next day
- Karana Bava until 14:31, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 14:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 15:04 Moon enters Gemini
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:03 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:20 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:44 – 16:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:50 – 17:09
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:56 – 09:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:15 – 10:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:34 – 11:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:53 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:12 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:50 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:12 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:12 – 23:53 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:15 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 11:53 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:09 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:53 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 02:08 NowMars
- 03:15 NowSun
- 04:22 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:42 Scorpio
- 06:42 – 08:47 Sagittarius
- 08:47 – 10:32 Capricorn
- 10:32 – 12:03 Aquarius
- 12:03 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 15:10 Aries
- 15:10 – 17:07 Taurus
- 17:07 – 19:21 Gemini
- 19:21 – 21:38 Cancer
- 21:38 – 23:52 Leo
- 23:52 – 02:05 next day Virgo
- 02:05 – 04:22 next day Libra
- 04:22 – 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