Varanasi panchang, 21 December 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 22:59 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:40 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta 06:40 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam 09:18 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:34
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 12:21
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:14 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Priti until 18:22
- Karana Vanija until 12:21, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:21 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 12:21 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 01:23 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 06:14 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:40 – 07:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:40 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:37
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:21 – 01:23 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:34
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:14 – 06:40 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 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:40 – 06:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:40 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:59 – 09:18 | Good |
| Rog | 09:18 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:34 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:53 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:34 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:18 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:03 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:34 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:40 NowVenus
- 11:40 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:40 NowSaturn
- 14:40 NowJupiter
- 15:40 NowMars
- 16:40 NowSun
- 17:40 NowVenus
- 18:40 NowMercury
- 19:40 NowMoon
- 20:40 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:40 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:40 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:40 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:40 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:19 Scorpio
- 06:19 – 08:24 Sagittarius
- 08:24 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:39 Aquarius
- 11:39 – 13:08 Pisces
- 13:08 – 14:46 Aries
- 14:46 – 16:43 Taurus
- 16:43 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:15 Cancer
- 21:15 – 23:29 Leo
- 23:29 – 01:42 next day Virgo
- 01:42 – 03:58 next day Libra
- 03:58 – 06:15 next day Scorpio
- 06:15 – 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