Varanasi panchang, 9 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 13:05 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 17:24- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:24 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:16
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:24 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 12:23
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:07 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 17:29
- Karana Gara until 12:23, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 12:23 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:07 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:29 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 20:46 Moon enters Taurus
- 23:21 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:24 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:16
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 16:41 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:42 – 17:40
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:46 – 15:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 12:23
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:06 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:45 | Bad |
| Char | 10:45 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:24 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:04 – 17:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:24 – 19:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:04 – 20:44 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:44 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:24 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:06 – 06:46 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
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:12 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 12:58 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:12 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:04 Scorpio
- 05:04 – 07:09 Sagittarius
- 07:09 – 08:54 Capricorn
- 08:54 – 10:25 Aquarius
- 10:25 – 11:53 Pisces
- 11:53 – 13:31 Aries
- 13:31 – 15:28 Taurus
- 15:28 – 17:42 Gemini
- 17:42 – 20:00 Cancer
- 20:00 – 22:14 Leo
- 22:14 – 00:27 next day Virgo
- 00:27 – 02:43 next day Libra
- 02:43 – 05:00 next day Scorpio
- 05:00 – 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