Varanasi panchang, 2 January 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 08:46 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam 09:23 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta 10:16 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:29 – 15:12
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:08 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:10 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 14:57
- Karana Taitila until 13:48, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:48 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 23:10 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 01:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:08 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:16 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:29 – 15:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:57 – 16:09
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:10 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:04 – 09:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Char | 10:42 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 15:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:59 – 17:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:19 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:59 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:30 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:09 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:47 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:26 NowMercury
- 17:19 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:47 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 01:09 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:32 Scorpio
- 05:32 – 07:36 Sagittarius
- 07:36 – 09:21 Capricorn
- 09:21 – 10:52 Aquarius
- 10:52 – 12:21 Pisces
- 12:21 – 13:59 Aries
- 13:59 – 15:56 Taurus
- 15:56 – 18:10 Gemini
- 18:10 – 20:28 Cancer
- 20:28 – 22:41 Leo
- 22:41 – 00:54 next day Virgo
- 00:54 – 03:11 next day Libra
- 03:11 – 05:28 next day Scorpio
- 05:28 – 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