Varanasi panchang, 19 December 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 21:11 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:39 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam 09:17 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:14 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:04
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:59 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 10:03
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 01:59 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 18:33
- Karana Balava until 10:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 10:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 22:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:59 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 01:59 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 07:58
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:33 – 19:45
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:52
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:03 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:39 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:58 – 09:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:17 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Char | 10:36 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:14 – 14:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:33 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:52 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:52 – 20:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:33 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:14 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:24 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:02 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:33 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:33 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSun
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:27 Scorpio
- 06:27 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:16 Capricorn
- 10:16 – 11:47 Aquarius
- 11:47 – 13:16 Pisces
- 13:16 – 14:54 Aries
- 14:54 – 16:51 Taurus
- 16:51 – 19:05 Gemini
- 19:05 – 21:23 Cancer
- 21:23 – 23:37 Leo
- 23:37 – 01:49 next day Virgo
- 01:49 – 04:06 next day Libra
- 04:06 – 06:23 next day Scorpio
- 06:23 – 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