Varanasi panchang, 25 January 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 03:01 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 17:36- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:31 – 14:53
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:36 to 06:44 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 20:32
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhruva until 04:37 next day
- Karana Bava until 08:04, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 08:04 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 20:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:37 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:31 – 14:53
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:37 – 08:13 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) 11:48 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Char | 12:10 – 13:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:31 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:14 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:36 – 19:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:14 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:31 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:31 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:05 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:10 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 13:58 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:47 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:36 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:47 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:58 NowMars
- 23:04 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:10 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:06 Sagittarius
- 06:06 – 07:51 Capricorn
- 07:51 – 09:22 Aquarius
- 09:22 – 10:50 Pisces
- 10:50 – 12:28 Aries
- 12:28 – 14:25 Taurus
- 14:25 – 16:39 Gemini
- 16:39 – 18:57 Cancer
- 18:57 – 21:11 Leo
- 21:11 – 23:24 Virgo
- 23:24 – 01:40 next day Libra
- 01:40 – 03:57 next day Scorpio
- 03:57 – 06:02 next day Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 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