Varanasi panchang, 17 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:29 Moonrise 20:48 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 17:29- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:12
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:09
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:29 to 06:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:29 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:30 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 12:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:56 next day
- Karana Bava until 16:43, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:45 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 16:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:56 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 05:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:30 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:12
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:09
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:46 – 12:45
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. 05:00 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:29 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:45 – 06:46 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:45 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:46 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:08 – 13:28 | Good |
| Rog | 13:28 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:09 | Bad |
| Char | 16:09 – 17:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:29 – 19:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:09 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 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
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:08 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 13:55 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:42 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:55 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:33 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)
- 05:00 – 06:37 Sagittarius
- 06:37 – 08:22 Capricorn
- 08:22 – 09:53 Aquarius
- 09:53 – 11:22 Pisces
- 11:22 – 13:00 Aries
- 13:00 – 14:57 Taurus
- 14:57 – 17:11 Gemini
- 17:11 – 19:29 Cancer
- 19:29 – 21:42 Leo
- 21:42 – 23:55 Virgo
- 23:55 – 02:12 next day Libra
- 02:12 – 04:29 next day Scorpio
- 04:29 – 06:34 next day Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 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