Varanasi panchang, 20 January 2025
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 23:22 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:32- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:48 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:29 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:22
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:32 to 06:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 09:59
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:30 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 02:52 next day
- Karana Vanija until 09:59, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 09:59 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:30 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 23:18 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:52 next day Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:29 – 14:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:22
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:30 – 06:45 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 – 05:52
- 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 17:32 – 20:10
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:45 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:45 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Rog | 10:48 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:09 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Char | 13:29 – 14:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:50 – 16:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:11 – 17:32 | Good |
| Char | 17:32 – 19:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:11 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:50 – 22:29 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:08 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:06 – 06:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:39 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:50 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:50 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:39 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:26 Sagittarius
- 06:26 – 08:11 Capricorn
- 08:11 – 09:41 Aquarius
- 09:41 – 11:10 Pisces
- 11:10 – 12:48 Aries
- 12:48 – 14:45 Taurus
- 14:45 – 16:59 Gemini
- 16:59 – 19:17 Cancer
- 19:17 – 21:31 Leo
- 21:31 – 23:44 Virgo
- 23:44 – 02:00 next day Libra
- 02:00 – 04:17 next day Scorpio
- 04:17 – 06:22 next day Sagittarius
- 06:22 – 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