Varanasi panchang, 25 December 2024
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 01:31 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:14- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:01 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam 10:39 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:17
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:14 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 22:29
- Nakshatra Chitra until 15:22 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 21:46
- Karana Vanija until 09:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 15:22 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 22:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 22:29 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:17
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:55
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:42 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:01 – 09:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:20 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:39 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:17 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Char | 14:36 – 15:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:55 – 17:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:14 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:55 – 20:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:36 – 22:17 | Good |
| Char | 22:17 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:21 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:42 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:42 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:42 NowVenus
- 13:42 NowMercury
- 14:42 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:42 NowMercury
- 21:42 NowMoon
- 22:42 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:42 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:03 Scorpio
- 06:03 – 08:08 Sagittarius
- 08:08 – 09:53 Capricorn
- 09:53 – 11:24 Aquarius
- 11:24 – 12:52 Pisces
- 12:52 – 14:30 Aries
- 14:30 – 16:27 Taurus
- 16:27 – 18:41 Gemini
- 18:41 – 20:59 Cancer
- 20:59 – 23:13 Leo
- 23:13 – 01:26 next day Virgo
- 01:26 – 03:42 next day Libra
- 03:42 – 05:59 next day Scorpio
- 05:59 – 06:42 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