Varanasi panchang, 18 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:30 Moonrise 21:40 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 17:30- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:46 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:46 – 07:29
- Durmuhurta 07:29 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:29 – 14:49
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
17:30 to 06:46 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:30 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:31 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 14:51 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 01:16 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 18:26, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:51 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:26 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:28 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
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 – 08:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:49
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 03:40 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:51 – 06:46 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. 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 17:30 – 20:09
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:29 – 14:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:49 – 16:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:10 – 17:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:30 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:10 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:49 – 22:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:28 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 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
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:49 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:37 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:49 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:33 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)
- 05:00 – 06:34 Sagittarius
- 06:34 – 08:18 Capricorn
- 08:18 – 09:49 Aquarius
- 09:49 – 11:18 Pisces
- 11:18 – 12:56 Aries
- 12:56 – 14:53 Taurus
- 14:53 – 17:07 Gemini
- 17:07 – 19:25 Cancer
- 19:25 – 21:39 Leo
- 21:39 – 23:51 Virgo
- 23:51 – 02:08 next day Libra
- 02:08 – 04:25 next day Scorpio
- 04:25 – 06:30 next day Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 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