Varanasi panchang, 10 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:24 Moonrise 13:52 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam 10:45 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:09
- Yamaganda 14:45 – 16:04
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
Night
17:24 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:24 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 10:20
- Nakshatra Krittika until 13:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 14:36
- Karana Vishti until 10:20, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Bava
- 13:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:36 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 21:20 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:45 – 16:04
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) 11:44 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:24 – 20:05
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:46 – 10:20
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:25 – 10:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:45 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:25 | Good |
| Rog | 13:25 – 14:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:45 – 16:04 | Bad |
| Char | 16:04 – 17:24 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:24 – 19:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:04 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:45 – 22:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:05 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 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 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 12:58 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:38 NowSaturn
- 16:31 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:31 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:05 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowVenus
- 07:46 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:46 NowSun
- 13:46 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:46 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:46 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:46 NowMercury
- 22:46 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:46 NowVenus
- 04:46 NowMercury
- 05:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:00 Scorpio
- 05:00 – 07:05 Sagittarius
- 07:05 – 08:50 Capricorn
- 08:50 – 10:21 Aquarius
- 10:21 – 11:49 Pisces
- 11:49 – 13:27 Aries
- 13:27 – 15:24 Taurus
- 15:24 – 17:38 Gemini
- 17:38 – 19:56 Cancer
- 19:56 – 22:10 Leo
- 22:10 – 00:23 next day Virgo
- 00:23 – 02:39 next day Libra
- 02:39 – 04:56 next day Scorpio
- 04:56 – 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