Daily panchang
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Sunday, 29 Dec 2024
Asia/Kolkata (+5.50h)
The day in simple words
- Tithi
- Chaturdashi · until 04:02 (30 Dec 2024)
- Nakshatra
- Jyeshtha · until 23:22
- Good time to start something
- 11:38–12:21 · Abhijit
- Avoid starting new work
- 15:58–17:17 · Rahu kaal
All times are for Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. They change from place to place.
Sunrise
06:42Sunset
17:17Moonrise
05:13Moonset
15:40Moonrise and moonset are for this calendar day, midnight to midnight, at this place. The Moon rises about 50 minutes later each day, so on some days it does not rise or set at all. A dash means it happens on the day before or after.
The five parts of the day (panchang)
| Part | Value | Ends | What the old texts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | Chaturdashi then Amavasya |
04:02 30 Dec 2024 |
Rikta (empty) Classically avoided for beginnings; used for clearing, demolition and ending things deliberately. |
| Nakshatra | Jyeshtha then Mula |
23:22 | The eldest. Read as seniority, protection of dependants, and the burden that comes with rank. |
| Yoga | Ganda then Vriddhi |
21:41 | auspicious Counted among the favourable yogas in the muhurta literature. |
| Karana | Vishti then Shakuni · until 04:02 (30 Dec 2024) then Chatushpada |
15:52 | This is Vishti (Bhadra), the karana the texts single out to avoid for auspicious beginnings. |
| Vara | Sunday | — | Ruled by the Sun. Favoured for matters of authority and health. |
These good and bad times come from the classical muhurat books, such as Muhurta Chintamani. They are traditional rules for choosing a time, not predictions.
Times to avoid, and the good midday time
- Sunrise 06:42
- Sunset 17:17
- Traditionally avoided
- Traditionally favoured
Sunrise, sunset and the good and bad times (muhurat)
| Period | From | To | What the old texts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrise | 06:42 | — | |
| Sunset | 17:17 | — | |
| Rahu kaal | 15:58 | 17:17 | About an hour and a half that changes with the weekday. The tradition says not to start anything new in it. |
| Gulika | 14:38 | 15:58 | Saturn's part of the day. It is avoided for the same reasons as Rahu kaal. |
| Yamaganda | 12:00 | 13:19 | Another time to avoid, also set by the weekday. |
| Abhijit | 11:38 | 12:21 | The time around local midday. The tradition sees it as the best time of the day, and the one to use when no other good time is free. Not used on Wednesdays. |
| Brahma muhurta | 04:55 | 05:48 | Before dawn: traditionally the hour for waking, prayer, meditation and study. |
| Pratah sandhya | 05:22 | 06:42 | The dawn sandhya, ending at sunrise: the time for the morning prayers. |
| Vijaya muhurta | 13:45 | 14:28 | Favoured for setting out on journeys and for work where success is wanted. |
| Godhuli muhurta | 17:17 | 17:44 | Cow-dust hour at sunset: favoured for weddings in many regions. |
| Sayahna sandhya | 17:17 | 18:38 | The dusk sandhya, from sunset: the time for the evening prayers. |
| Nishita muhurta | 23:33 | 00:27 30 Dec 2024 |
The midnight muhurta, counterpart of Abhijit: kept for Shiva and Kali worship, as on Shivaratri. |
| Dur muhurta | 15:52 | 16:35 | Avoided for auspicious beginnings. |
| Amrit kalam | 14:09 | 15:49 | About an hour and a half fixed by the Moon's nakshatra, not the Sun: favoured for starting good work, and in the south it outweighs a weak hour of the day. |
Facts about the day
- Day length (dinamana)
- 10 h 34 min
- Night length (ratrimana)
- 13 h 25 min
- Midday (madhyahna)
- 12:00
- Direction to avoid for travel today (disha shool)
- West
Sunrise here is when the top edge of the Sun appears, as in the Drik panchang. Calendars that use the centre of the Sun can differ by two to four minutes.
Choghadiya
The night choghadiya starts at a different point from the day one, so the two are listed separately.
Day
| Choghadiya | From | To | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:42 | 08:02 | avoid government work only |
| Chal | 08:02 | 09:21 | neutral travel and movement |
| Labh | 09:21 | 10:40 | good trade, starting a business, gain |
| Amrit | 10:40 | 12:00 | best anything at all |
| Kaal | 12:00 | 13:19 | avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools |
| Shubh | 13:19 | 14:38 | good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious |
| Rog | 14:38 | 15:58 | avoid confrontation and debt collection only |
| Udveg | 15:58 | 17:17 | avoid government work only |
Night
| Choghadiya | From | To | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 17:17 | 18:58 | good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious |
| Amrit | 18:58 | 20:38 | best anything at all |
| Chal | 20:38 | 22:19 | neutral travel and movement |
| Rog | 22:19 | 00:00 | avoid confrontation and debt collection only |
| Kaal | 00:00 | 01:40 | avoid accumulation of wealth only, in some schools |
| Labh | 01:40 | 03:21 | good trade, starting a business, gain |
| Udveg | 03:21 | 05:02 | avoid government work only |
| Shubh | 05:02 | 06:43 | good ceremony, marriage, anything auspicious |
Gowri panchangam
The Tamil way of dividing the day into eight parts, with different names. It is its own table, not a translation: the two systems do not always agree on which part of the day is good.
| Gowri | From | To | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Labham | 06:42 | 08:02 | good gain, new work |
| Dhanam | 08:02 | 09:21 | good money, purchase, trade |
| Sugam | 09:21 | 10:40 | good travel, ease, hospitality |
| Amirdham | 10:40 | 12:00 | best anything auspicious |
| Uthi | 12:00 | 13:19 | neutral ordinary work |
| Soram | 13:19 | 14:38 | avoid nothing new |
| Rogam | 14:38 | 15:58 | avoid medicine only |
| Visham | 15:58 | 17:17 | avoid nothing new |
More details for the dayMoon and Sun signs through the day, the years (samvat), seasons, special yogas and windows, Chandrabalam and Tarabalam, the rising sign through the day, and the hora table.
More of the day
- Moon sign
- Scorpio · until 23:22
then Sagittarius - Sun sign
- Sagittarius
- Nakshatra pada
- Jyeshtha pada 2 · until 10:52
Jyeshtha pada 3 · until 17:08
Jyeshtha pada 4 · until 23:22
Mula pada 1 · until 05:34 (30 Dec 2024)
Mula pada 2 - Sun's nakshatra
- Purva Ashadha pada 1
- Anandadi yoga
- Kana · until 23:22
then Siddhi - Shaka samvat
- 1946 Krodhi
- Vikram samvat
- 2081 Pingala
- Gujarati samvat
- 2081 Nala
- Ritu (by lunar month)
- Hemanta
- Ritu (by the Sun's season)
- Shishira
- Ayana (sidereal)
- Dakshinayana
- Ayana (by the solstices)
- Uttarayana
- Chandra vasa (Moon's direction)
- North · until 23:22
then East - Rahu vasa (Rahu's direction)
- North
- Jovian year (Brihaspati samvatsara)
- Kalayukta · until 14:42 (25 Apr 2025)
The Shaka year starts on Chaitra shukla pratipada, and the Gujarati year on Kartika shukla pratipada, the day after Diwali. There are two ritus (seasons) because one follows the lunar month and the other the Sun's real season.
| Period | From | To | What the old texts say |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi yoga | Not today | When the Moon's nakshatra is the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's: held to cancel many faults of the day, so it is sought for starting work. | |
| Bhadra | 06:42 | 15:52 | The Vishti karana. Auspicious work is avoided in it, most of all while Bhadra is said to stay on earth; in the heavens or the underworld it is held harmless here. in the heavens |
| Ganda moola | Whole day | The Moon in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, the nakshatras at the joins of water and fire signs. A birth in it is traditionally followed by a shanti. | |
| Panchaka | Not today | The Moon in Kumbha or Meena, from the second half of Dhanishtha to the end of Revati. Southward travel, roofing and gathering firewood are traditionally put off. | |
| Baana: Raja (the state) | 06:42 | 16:07 | Set by the Sun's degree within its sign, so each lasts about a day. Muhurta texts avoid Roga for medicine, Agni for building, Raja for dealings with authority, Chora for travel and Mrityu for weddings. |
Chandrabalam and Tarabalam
These help you check the day against YOUR OWN Moon sign (rashi) and birth star (nakshatra). If yours is in the list, the day is favourable for you. Chandrabalam counts the Moon's sign from yours (1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th are good); Tarabalam counts the Moon's star from yours in groups of nine.
- Chandrabalam for · until 23:22
- Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn, Aquarius
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Aries - Chandrabalam for · until the next sunrise
- Gemini, Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, Aquarius, Pisces
Ashtama Chandra (Moon 8th) for: Taurus - Tarabalam for · until 23:22
- Ashwini, Bharani, Rohini, Ardra, Pushya, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Purva Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada
- Tarabalam for · until the next sunrise
- Bharani, Krittika, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Ashlesha, Purva Phalguni, Uttara Phalguni, Chitra, Vishakha, Jyeshtha, Purva Ashadha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Purva Bhadrapada, Revati
Udaya lagna
| Lagna | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Sagittarius | 05:47 | 07:52 |
| Capricorn | 07:52 | 09:37 |
| Aquarius | 09:37 | 11:08 |
| Pisces | 11:08 | 12:36 |
| Aries | 12:36 | 14:14 |
| Taurus | 14:14 | 16:12 |
| Gemini | 16:12 | 18:26 |
| Cancer | 18:26 | 20:43 |
| Leo | 20:43 | 22:57 |
| Virgo | 22:57 | 01:10 30 Dec 2024 |
| Libra | 01:10 30 Dec 2024 | 03:27 30 Dec 2024 |
| Scorpio | 03:27 30 Dec 2024 | 05:44 30 Dec 2024 |
Panchaka rahita muhurta
| Period | From | To |
|---|---|---|
| Free of panchaka (good) | 06:42 | 07:52 |
| Raja (the state) | 07:52 | 09:37 |
| Free of panchaka (good) | 09:37 | 11:08 |
| Chora (theft) | 11:08 | 12:36 |
| Raja (the state) | 12:36 | 14:14 |
| Free of panchaka (good) | 14:14 | 16:12 |
| Chora (theft) | 16:12 | 18:26 |
| Free of panchaka (good) | 18:26 | 20:43 |
| Roga (illness) | 20:43 | 22:57 |
| Free of panchaka (good) | 22:57 | 23:22 |
| Mrityu (danger) | 23:22 | 01:10 30 Dec 2024 |
| Agni (fire) | 01:10 30 Dec 2024 | 03:27 30 Dec 2024 |
| Free of panchaka (good) | 03:27 30 Dec 2024 | 04:02 30 Dec 2024 |
| Raja (the state) | 04:02 30 Dec 2024 | 05:44 30 Dec 2024 |
| Free of panchaka (good) | 05:44 30 Dec 2024 | 06:43 30 Dec 2024 |
The sign rising in the east changes through the day, starting with the one rising at sunrise. Panchaka rahita divides the day wherever the rising sign, the tithi or the nakshatra changes, and marks each part as free of panchaka (good) or not.
Hora (planetary hours)
The day and the night are each split into twelve horas, starting at sunrise, and each hora is ruled by a planet. Day horas share out the daylight and night horas the darkness, so in summer a day hora is longer than an hour. The first hora of each day belongs to that day's planet, which is where the weekday names come from.
| # | Hora lord | From | To | Suited to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | 06:42 | 07:35 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 2 | Venus | 07:35 | 08:28 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 3 | Mercury | 08:28 | 09:21 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
| 4 | Moon | 09:21 | 10:14 | travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to |
| 5 | Saturn | 10:14 | 11:07 | labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly |
| 6 | Jupiter | 11:07 | 12:00 | teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora |
| 7 | Mars | 12:00 | 12:53 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 8 | Sun | 12:53 | 13:45 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 9 | Venus | 13:45 | 14:38 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 10 | Mercury | 14:38 | 15:31 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
| 11 | Moon | 15:31 | 16:24 | travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to |
| 12 | Saturn | 16:24 | 17:17 | labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly |
| 13 night | Jupiter | 17:17 | 18:24 | teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora |
| 14 night | Mars | 18:24 | 19:31 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 15 night | Sun | 19:31 | 20:38 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 16 night | Venus | 20:38 | 21:46 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 17 night | Mercury | 21:46 | 22:53 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
| 18 night | Moon | 22:53 | 00:00 | travel, water, the mother, anything needing a soft answer not for a decision you must hold to |
| 19 night | Saturn | 00:00 | 01:07 | labour, repair, anything slow and structural not for a beginning you want to move quickly |
| 20 night | Jupiter | 01:07 | 02:14 | teaching, counsel, ceremony, anything you want to last the most generally favoured hora |
| 21 night | Mars | 02:14 | 03:21 | surgery, sport, land, confrontation you have chosen not for negotiation or a first meeting |
| 22 night | Sun | 03:21 | 04:28 | authority, government work, dealing with the father not for anything asking patience |
| 23 night | Venus | 04:28 | 05:35 | marriage, art, purchase of comfort, hospitality not for austerity or hard bargaining |
| 24 night | Mercury | 05:35 | 06:43 | trade, writing, accounts, study, negotiation not for anything that must be permanent |
Festivals and fasts
Nothing marked on this date.