Varanasi panchang, 4 January 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 10:03 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 17:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam 09:24 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:41
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:20 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 22:01
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 21:23 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:08
- Karana Bava until 10:51, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:08 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 10:51 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:23 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 22:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 22:01 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:10
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:24 – 10:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:08 – 07:32 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:41
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. 04:58 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:20 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:23 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:24 | Good |
| Rog | 09:24 – 10:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:43 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:41 – 16:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:01 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:20 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:01 – 20:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:41 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:43 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:17 NowVenus
- 11:10 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:48 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:34 NowSun
- 16:27 NowVenus
- 17:20 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:48 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 01:10 NowMercury
- 02:17 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:24 Scorpio
- 05:24 – 07:29 Sagittarius
- 07:29 – 09:13 Capricorn
- 09:13 – 10:44 Aquarius
- 10:44 – 12:13 Pisces
- 12:13 – 13:51 Aries
- 13:51 – 15:48 Taurus
- 15:48 – 18:02 Gemini
- 18:02 – 20:20 Cancer
- 20:20 – 22:34 Leo
- 22:34 – 00:46 next day Virgo
- 00:46 – 03:03 next day Libra
- 03:03 – 05:20 next day Scorpio
- 05:20 – 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