Varanasi panchang, 11 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 14:47 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 17:25- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:25 – 14:45
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
17:25 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:25 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:22
- Nakshatra Rohini until 12:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 11:48
- Karana Balava until 08:22, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:22 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:48 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 12:29 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 19:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:55 Moon enters Gemini
- 06:34 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 06:34 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:29 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:45
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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 20:05
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:46 – 12:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 12:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:34 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:46 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Char | 12:05 – 13:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:25 – 14:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:45 – 16:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:05 – 17:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:25 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:05 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:25 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:05 – 01:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:05 NowMoon
- 12:59 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:05 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:19 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 07:01 Sagittarius
- 07:01 – 08:46 Capricorn
- 08:46 – 10:17 Aquarius
- 10:17 – 11:45 Pisces
- 11:45 – 13:23 Aries
- 13:23 – 15:21 Taurus
- 15:21 – 17:34 Gemini
- 17:34 – 19:52 Cancer
- 19:52 – 22:06 Leo
- 22:06 – 00:19 next day Virgo
- 00:19 – 02:35 next day Libra
- 02:35 – 04:52 next day Scorpio
- 04:52 – 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