Varanasi panchang, 1 January 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 08:00 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 17:18- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:42 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:20
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 02:24 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:46 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 17:06
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:06 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 23:46 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 02:24 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 02:24 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:42 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:40 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:20
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. 04:57 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 19:59
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 02:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:42 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 15:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:59 – 17:18 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:18 – 18:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:59 – 20:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:40 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:45 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 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:47 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:47 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:16 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:36 Scorpio
- 05:36 – 07:40 Sagittarius
- 07:40 – 09:25 Capricorn
- 09:25 – 10:56 Aquarius
- 10:56 – 12:24 Pisces
- 12:24 – 14:03 Aries
- 14:03 – 16:00 Taurus
- 16:00 – 18:14 Gemini
- 18:14 – 20:31 Cancer
- 20:31 – 22:45 Leo
- 22:45 – 00:58 next day Virgo
- 00:58 – 03:15 next day Libra
- 03:15 – 05:32 next day Scorpio
- 05:32 – 06:45 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