Varanasi panchang, 19 January 2025
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 22:31 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 17:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam 14:50 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam 16:10 – 17:31
- 07:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
17:31 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 07:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 17:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Atiganda until 01:57 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:31, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 07:31 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 20:42 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:10 – 17:31
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) 11:47 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:46 – 17:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 17:30 – 06:45 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 17:30 – 06:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 17:30 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:46 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:06 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:29 – 14:50 | Good |
| Rog | 14:50 – 16:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:10 – 17:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:31 – 19:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:10 – 20:50 | Good |
| Char | 20:50 – 22:29 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:47 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 13:56 NowVenus
- 14:50 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:37 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:37 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:50 NowVenus
- 21:56 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:27 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 – 06:30 Sagittarius
- 06:30 – 08:14 Capricorn
- 08:14 – 09:45 Aquarius
- 09:45 – 11:14 Pisces
- 11:14 – 12:52 Aries
- 12:52 – 14:49 Taurus
- 14:49 – 17:03 Gemini
- 17:03 – 19:21 Cancer
- 19:21 – 21:35 Leo
- 21:35 – 23:47 Virgo
- 23:47 – 02:04 next day Libra
- 02:04 – 04:21 next day Scorpio
- 04:21 – 06:26 next day Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 06:45 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