Varanasi panchang, 23 December 2024
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:12 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:00 – 09:19
- Yamaganda 10:38 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam 13:16 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:06
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 17:08
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 09:09 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 19:54
- Karana Kaulava until 17:08, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 17:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:54 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 06:30 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:06
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 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:54
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:00 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:19 – 10:38 | Good |
| Rog | 10:38 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:57 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Char | 13:16 – 14:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:35 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:12 | Good |
| Char | 17:12 – 18:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:54 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:35 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:16 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:41 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:19 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:04 NowVenus
- 11:57 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:12 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:11 Scorpio
- 06:11 – 08:16 Sagittarius
- 08:16 – 10:01 Capricorn
- 10:01 – 11:31 Aquarius
- 11:31 – 13:00 Pisces
- 13:00 – 14:38 Aries
- 14:38 – 16:35 Taurus
- 16:35 – 18:49 Gemini
- 18:49 – 21:07 Cancer
- 21:07 – 23:21 Leo
- 23:21 – 01:34 next day Virgo
- 01:34 – 03:50 next day Libra
- 03:50 – 06:07 next day Scorpio
- 06:07 – 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