Varanasi panchang, 8 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 12:23 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 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:43 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:24
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
17:23 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 14:26
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 16:29 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 20:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:26, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 14:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:29 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 01:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:43 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:24
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 16:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:29 – 06:46 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. 04:59 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:23 – 20:03
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:25 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:45 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:24 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Char | 14:44 – 16:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:03 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 19:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:03 – 20:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:44 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:45 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:25 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 12:57 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:08 Scorpio
- 05:08 – 07:13 Sagittarius
- 07:13 – 08:58 Capricorn
- 08:58 – 10:29 Aquarius
- 10:29 – 11:57 Pisces
- 11:57 – 13:35 Aries
- 13:35 – 15:32 Taurus
- 15:32 – 17:46 Gemini
- 17:46 – 20:04 Cancer
- 20:04 – 22:18 Leo
- 22:18 – 00:31 next day Virgo
- 00:31 – 02:47 next day Libra
- 02:47 – 05:04 next day Scorpio
- 05:04 – 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