Varanasi panchang, 20 December 2024
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 22:06 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 17:11- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:33 – 15:52
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 10:49
- Nakshatra Magha until 03:47 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 18:11
- Karana Taitila until 10:49, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 10:49 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:11 Yoga becomes Priti
- 23:30 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:52
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:39 – 03:47 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. 04:52 – 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 17:11 – 19:53
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:49 – 06:40 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:47 – 06:40 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:47 – 06:40 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:47 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:14 | Good |
| Rog | 13:14 – 14:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:33 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Char | 15:52 – 17:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:11 – 18:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:52 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:59 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:03 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:23 Scorpio
- 06:23 – 08:28 Sagittarius
- 08:28 – 10:12 Capricorn
- 10:12 – 11:43 Aquarius
- 11:43 – 13:12 Pisces
- 13:12 – 14:50 Aries
- 14:50 – 16:47 Taurus
- 16:47 – 19:01 Gemini
- 19:01 – 21:19 Cancer
- 21:19 – 23:33 Leo
- 23:33 – 01:45 next day Virgo
- 01:45 – 04:02 next day Libra
- 04:02 – 06:19 next day Scorpio
- 06:19 – 06:40 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