Varanasi panchang, 6 January 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 11:11 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:24
- Yamaganda 10:44 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam 13:23 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:14
- 07:20 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:21 to 06:46 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:21 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:06 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 18:24
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:06 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 02:05 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:20, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 18:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:06 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 02:05 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 05:26 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:24 – 05:26 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 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:24 – 10:44 | Good |
| Rog | 10:44 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Char | 13:23 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:02 – 17:21 | Good |
| Char | 17:21 – 19:02 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:02 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:23 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:46 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:24 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:49 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:49 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:16 Scorpio
- 05:16 – 07:21 Sagittarius
- 07:21 – 09:06 Capricorn
- 09:06 – 10:36 Aquarius
- 10:36 – 12:05 Pisces
- 12:05 – 13:43 Aries
- 13:43 – 15:40 Taurus
- 15:40 – 17:54 Gemini
- 17:54 – 20:12 Cancer
- 20:12 – 22:26 Leo
- 22:26 – 00:39 next day Virgo
- 00:39 – 02:55 next day Libra
- 02:55 – 05:12 next day Scorpio
- 05:12 – 06:46 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