Varanasi panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 23:50 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 17:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 14:34 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta 15:48 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam 15:53 – 17:12
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 14:32
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Ayushman until 19:00
- Karana Bava until 14:32, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:55 Moon enters Virgo
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 14:32 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:48 – 16:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:53 – 17:12
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. 04:53 – 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 17:12 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:15 – 14:34 | Good |
| Rog | 14:34 – 15:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:53 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:12 – 18:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:53 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 06:41 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 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:26 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:04 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:04 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:26 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:15 Scorpio
- 06:15 – 08:20 Sagittarius
- 08:20 – 10:05 Capricorn
- 10:05 – 11:35 Aquarius
- 11:35 – 13:04 Pisces
- 13:04 – 14:42 Aries
- 14:42 – 16:39 Taurus
- 16:39 – 18:53 Gemini
- 18:53 – 21:11 Cancer
- 21:11 – 23:25 Leo
- 23:25 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 03:54 next day Libra
- 03:54 – 06:11 next day Scorpio
- 06:11 – 06:41 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