Varanasi panchang, 17 December 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 19:09 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:10- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:16 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam 14:32 – 15:51
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:10 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:56
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 00:44 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 21:10
- Karana Gara until 10:56, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:47 Moon enters Cancer
- 21:10 Yoga becomes Indra
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:51
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06 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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:56 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:38 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:57 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Char | 09:16 – 10:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:35 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:13 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:32 – 15:51 | Good |
| Rog | 15:51 – 17:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:51 – 20:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:32 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:13 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:16 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:23 NowVenus
- 09:16 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:01 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:39 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:16 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:35 Scorpio
- 06:35 – 08:39 Sagittarius
- 08:39 – 10:24 Capricorn
- 10:24 – 11:55 Aquarius
- 11:55 – 13:23 Pisces
- 13:23 – 15:02 Aries
- 15:02 – 16:59 Taurus
- 16:59 – 19:13 Gemini
- 19:13 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 23:44 Leo
- 23:44 – 01:57 next day Virgo
- 01:57 – 04:14 next day Libra
- 04:14 – 06:31 next day Scorpio
- 06:31 – 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