Varanasi panchang, 16 December 2024
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 18:04 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:56 – 09:15
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:03
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:09 to 06:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:27
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 23:22
- Karana Kaulava until 12:27, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:27 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:22 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 23:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:56 – 09:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:03
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 – 19:51
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:37 – 07:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:15 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:57 – 06:38 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:17 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:01 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:39 Scorpio
- 06:39 – 08:43 Sagittarius
- 08:43 – 10:28 Capricorn
- 10:28 – 11:59 Aquarius
- 11:59 – 13:27 Pisces
- 13:27 – 15:06 Aries
- 15:06 – 17:03 Taurus
- 17:03 – 19:17 Gemini
- 19:17 – 21:34 Cancer
- 21:34 – 23:48 Leo
- 23:48 – 02:01 next day Virgo
- 02:01 – 04:18 next day Libra
- 04:18 – 06:35 next day Scorpio
- 06:35 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
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