Varanasi panchang, 26 January 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 03:59 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:10 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 14:53 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta 16:09 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam 16:15 – 17:36
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:36 to 06:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:55
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:26 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyaghata until 03:33 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:49, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:26 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:26 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 08:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 20:55 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:55 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:33 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:53 – 16:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:09 – 16:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:15 – 17:36
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 08:26
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 – 05:51
- 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 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:26 – 06:44 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:26 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:44 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:05 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:10 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 14:53 | Good |
| Rog | 14:53 – 16:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:15 – 17:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:36 – 19:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:15 – 20:53 | Good |
| Char | 20:53 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:10 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:53 NowMercury
- 15:48 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:48 NowSun
- 20:53 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:44 NowMoon
- 10:44 NowSaturn
- 11:44 NowJupiter
- 12:44 NowMars
- 13:44 NowSun
- 14:44 NowVenus
- 15:44 NowMercury
- 16:44 NowMoon
- 17:44 NowSaturn
- 18:44 NowJupiter
- 19:44 NowMars
- 20:44 NowSun
- 21:44 NowVenus
- 22:44 NowMercury
- 23:44 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:44 NowVenus
- 05:44 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:02 Sagittarius
- 06:02 – 07:47 Capricorn
- 07:47 – 09:18 Aquarius
- 09:18 – 10:46 Pisces
- 10:46 – 12:24 Aries
- 12:24 – 14:22 Taurus
- 14:22 – 16:35 Gemini
- 16:35 – 18:53 Cancer
- 18:53 – 21:07 Leo
- 21:07 – 23:20 Virgo
- 23:20 – 01:36 next day Libra
- 01:36 – 03:53 next day Scorpio
- 03:53 – 05:58 next day Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 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