Varanasi panchang, 14 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:27 Moonrise 17:54 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 17:27- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam 12:07 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam 14:47 – 16:07
- 10:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:27 to 06:46 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:27 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:21 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:17 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 02:58 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:34, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:17 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 15:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 03:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:21 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:38 – 05:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:07
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 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:27 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:07 – 13:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:27 – 14:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:47 – 16:07 | Good |
| Rog | 16:07 – 17:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:27 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:07 – 20:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:47 – 22:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:27 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 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 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:20 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:07 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 13:53 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:53 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:20 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:39 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:46 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:46 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:46 NowMars
- 14:46 NowSun
- 15:46 NowVenus
- 16:46 NowMercury
- 17:46 NowMoon
- 18:46 NowSaturn
- 19:46 NowJupiter
- 20:46 NowMars
- 21:46 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:46 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:46 NowSun
- 05:46 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:49 Sagittarius
- 06:49 – 08:34 Capricorn
- 08:34 – 10:05 Aquarius
- 10:05 – 11:33 Pisces
- 11:33 – 13:12 Aries
- 13:12 – 15:09 Taurus
- 15:09 – 17:23 Gemini
- 17:23 – 19:40 Cancer
- 19:40 – 21:54 Leo
- 21:54 – 00:07 next day Virgo
- 00:07 – 02:24 next day Libra
- 02:24 – 04:41 next day Scorpio
- 04:41 – 06:45 next day Sagittarius
- 06:45 – 06:46 next day Capricorn
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