Varanasi panchang, 28 December 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 04:16 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:43 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta 06:43 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:37
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:15 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 03:33 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 22:13 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shula until 22:23
- Karana Gara until 15:04, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:04 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:13 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 03:33 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:43 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:37
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:23 – 00:47 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. 04:55 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:57
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:33 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:43 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:02 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:30 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:30 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:07 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:43 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:43 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:43 NowJupiter
- 15:43 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:43 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:43 NowMoon
- 20:43 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:43 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:43 NowJupiter
- 05:43 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:51 Scorpio
- 05:51 – 07:56 Sagittarius
- 07:56 – 09:41 Capricorn
- 09:41 – 11:12 Aquarius
- 11:12 – 12:40 Pisces
- 12:40 – 14:18 Aries
- 14:18 – 16:16 Taurus
- 16:16 – 18:29 Gemini
- 18:29 – 20:47 Cancer
- 20:47 – 23:01 Leo
- 23:01 – 01:14 next day Virgo
- 01:14 – 03:30 next day Libra
- 03:30 – 05:47 next day Scorpio
- 05:47 – 06:43 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