Varanasi panchang, 5 January 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 10:38 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 17:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta 15:56 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:01 – 17:21
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:21 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 20:15
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 20:18 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 07:32
- Karana Kaulava until 09:09, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 09:09 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:35 Moon enters Pisces
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 20:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:18 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 04:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:56 – 16:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:01 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:50 – 15:27 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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:02
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:18 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:44 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:22 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:01 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 19:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:01 – 20:42 | Good |
| Char | 20:42 – 22:22 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:22 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:17 NowSaturn
- 11:10 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 12:56 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:10 NowJupiter
- 02:17 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:20 Scorpio
- 05:20 – 07:25 Sagittarius
- 07:25 – 09:10 Capricorn
- 09:10 – 10:40 Aquarius
- 10:40 – 12:09 Pisces
- 12:09 – 13:47 Aries
- 13:47 – 15:44 Taurus
- 15:44 – 17:58 Gemini
- 17:58 – 20:16 Cancer
- 20:16 – 22:30 Leo
- 22:30 – 00:43 next day Virgo
- 00:43 – 02:59 next day Libra
- 02:59 – 05:16 next day Scorpio
- 05:16 – 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