Varanasi panchang, 7 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 11:46 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:35
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:04 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam 14:43 – 16:02
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:22 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:50 Moon enters Aries
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 16:27
- Nakshatra Revati until 17:50 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shiva until 23:15
- Karana Bava until 16:27, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 16:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:50 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 17:50 Moon enters Aries
- 23:15 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 03:27 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:43 – 16:02
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) 11:43 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:03
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 16:27
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:50 – 06:46 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:50 – 06:46 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:50 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:04 – 13:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:23 – 14:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:43 – 16:02 | Good |
| Rog | 16:02 – 17:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:22 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:03 – 20:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:43 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:23 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:11 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:29 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:11 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:12 Scorpio
- 05:12 – 07:17 Sagittarius
- 07:17 – 09:02 Capricorn
- 09:02 – 10:32 Aquarius
- 10:32 – 12:01 Pisces
- 12:01 – 13:39 Aries
- 13:39 – 15:36 Taurus
- 15:36 – 17:50 Gemini
- 17:50 – 20:08 Cancer
- 20:08 – 22:22 Leo
- 22:22 – 00:35 next day Virgo
- 00:35 – 02:51 next day Libra
- 02:51 – 05:08 next day Scorpio
- 05:08 – 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