Varanasi panchang, 18 December 2024
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 20:11 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:57 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam 10:35 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:13
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 10:06
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:58 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 19:33
- Karana Vishti until 10:06, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:06 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 10:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:33 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 21:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 10:06
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:35 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:33 – 18:33 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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:38 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:57 – 09:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:16 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:35 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:51 – 17:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:51 – 20:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:32 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:58 – 06:39 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 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:16 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:39 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:38 NowJupiter
- 10:38 NowMars
- 11:38 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:38 NowMercury
- 14:38 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:38 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:38 NowMercury
- 21:38 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:38 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMars
- 01:38 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:31 Scorpio
- 06:31 – 08:35 Sagittarius
- 08:35 – 10:20 Capricorn
- 10:20 – 11:51 Aquarius
- 11:51 – 13:19 Pisces
- 13:19 – 14:58 Aries
- 14:58 – 16:55 Taurus
- 16:55 – 19:09 Gemini
- 19:09 – 21:27 Cancer
- 21:27 – 23:40 Leo
- 23:40 – 01:53 next day Virgo
- 01:53 – 04:10 next day Libra
- 04:10 – 06:27 next day Scorpio
- 06:27 – 06:39 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