Varanasi panchang, 30 December 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 06:13 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:17- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:41 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:10
- 16:03 Karana becomes Naga
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 03:56 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 23:57 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:32
- Karana Chatushpada until 16:03, then Naga
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:03 Karana becomes Naga
- 20:32 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 23:57 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 03:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 03:56 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:10
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:57 – 06:44 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. 04:56 – 05:50
- 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 17:17 – 19:58
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:41 | Good |
| Rog | 10:41 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:17 | Good |
| Char | 17:17 – 18:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:58 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:44 Scorpio
- 05:44 – 07:48 Sagittarius
- 07:48 – 09:33 Capricorn
- 09:33 – 11:04 Aquarius
- 11:04 – 12:32 Pisces
- 12:32 – 14:11 Aries
- 14:11 – 16:08 Taurus
- 16:08 – 18:22 Gemini
- 18:22 – 20:39 Cancer
- 20:39 – 22:53 Leo
- 22:53 – 01:06 next day Virgo
- 01:06 – 03:23 next day Libra
- 03:23 – 05:40 next day Scorpio
- 05:40 – 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