Varanasi panchang, 31 December 2024
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 07:09 Pausha 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- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:51 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:39 – 15:58
- 15:42 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 00:03 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 18:59
- Karana Kimstughna until 15:42, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:59 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:03 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 06:01 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:51 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:59 – 22:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:03 – 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 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:39 – 15:58 | Good |
| Rog | 15:58 – 17:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:17 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:58 – 20:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:39 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:23 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:39 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:39 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:23 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:40 Scorpio
- 05:40 – 07:44 Sagittarius
- 07:44 – 09:29 Capricorn
- 09:29 – 11:00 Aquarius
- 11:00 – 12:28 Pisces
- 12:28 – 14:07 Aries
- 14:07 – 16:04 Taurus
- 16:04 – 18:18 Gemini
- 18:18 – 20:35 Cancer
- 20:35 – 22:49 Leo
- 22:49 – 01:02 next day Virgo
- 01:02 – 03:19 next day Libra
- 03:19 – 05:36 next day Scorpio
- 05:36 – 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