Varanasi panchang, 29 December 2024
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 05:14 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 17:16- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 14:38 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta 15:52 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:57 – 17:16
- 15:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:16 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:02 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 23:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ganda until 21:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Shakuni
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:52 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 21:41 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 23:22 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 23:22 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:02 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:02 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:52 – 16:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:57 – 17:16
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:43 – 23:22
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. 04:56 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:22 – 06:44 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:22 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:41 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:19 – 14:38 | Good |
| Rog | 14:38 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:57 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:16 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:57 – 20:38 | Good |
| Char | 20:38 – 22:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 06:44 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 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:22 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:47 Scorpio
- 05:47 – 07:52 Sagittarius
- 07:52 – 09:37 Capricorn
- 09:37 – 11:08 Aquarius
- 11:08 – 12:36 Pisces
- 12:36 – 14:14 Aries
- 14:14 – 16:12 Taurus
- 16:12 – 18:26 Gemini
- 18:26 – 20:43 Cancer
- 20:43 – 22:57 Leo
- 22:57 – 01:10 next day Virgo
- 01:10 – 03:27 next day Libra
- 03:27 – 05:44 next day Scorpio
- 05:44 – 06:44 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