Varanasi panchang, 24 January 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 02:03 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:48 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 14:52 – 16:14
Night
17:35 to 06:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 19:25
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:07 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 05:08 next day
- Karana Vishti until 19:25, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 05:08 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:14
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) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:13
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:25 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:44 – 08:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:48 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:31 | Good |
| Rog | 13:31 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:52 – 16:14 | Bad |
| Char | 16:14 – 17:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:35 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:52 – 22:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:31 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:06 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:04 NowVenus
- 13:58 NowMercury
- 14:52 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:52 NowMercury
- 21:58 NowMoon
- 23:04 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:44 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:44 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:44 NowMercury
- 15:44 NowMoon
- 16:44 NowSaturn
- 17:44 NowJupiter
- 18:44 NowMars
- 19:44 NowSun
- 20:44 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:44 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:44 NowJupiter
- 01:44 NowMars
- 02:44 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:44 NowMercury
- 05:44 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:10 Sagittarius
- 06:10 – 07:55 Capricorn
- 07:55 – 09:26 Aquarius
- 09:26 – 10:54 Pisces
- 10:54 – 12:32 Aries
- 12:32 – 14:29 Taurus
- 14:29 – 16:43 Gemini
- 16:43 – 19:01 Cancer
- 19:01 – 21:15 Leo
- 21:15 – 23:28 Virgo
- 23:28 – 01:44 next day Libra
- 01:44 – 04:01 next day Scorpio
- 04:01 – 06:06 next day Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 06:44 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