Varanasi panchang, 12 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 15:47 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 17:26- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam 14:46 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta 16:00 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:06 – 17:26
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:26 to 06:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:44 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 05:03 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 11:24 · lord Mars
- Yoga Brahma until 09:09
- Karana Gara until 17:46, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Yoga becomes Indra
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 17:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:03 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 05:03 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:44 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:46 – 16:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:00 – 16:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:06 – 17:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:44 – 04:38 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 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:24 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:46 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:26 – 14:46 | Good |
| Rog | 14:46 – 16:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:06 – 17:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:26 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:06 – 20:46 | Good |
| Char | 20:46 – 22:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:13 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:32 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:46 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:39 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:46 NowMercury
- 09:46 NowMoon
- 10:46 NowSaturn
- 11:46 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:46 NowSun
- 14:46 NowVenus
- 15:46 NowMercury
- 16:46 NowMoon
- 17:46 NowSaturn
- 18:46 NowJupiter
- 19:46 NowMars
- 20:46 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:46 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSaturn
- 01:46 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:46 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:57 Sagittarius
- 06:57 – 08:42 Capricorn
- 08:42 – 10:13 Aquarius
- 10:13 – 11:41 Pisces
- 11:41 – 13:19 Aries
- 13:19 – 15:17 Taurus
- 15:17 – 17:30 Gemini
- 17:30 – 19:48 Cancer
- 19:48 – 22:02 Leo
- 22:02 – 00:15 next day Virgo
- 00:15 – 02:32 next day Libra
- 02:32 – 04:48 next day Scorpio
- 04:48 – 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