Varanasi panchang, 27 January 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 04:56 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 17:37- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:05 – 09:27
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:32 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:26
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
17:37 to 06:43 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 20:35
- Nakshatra Mula until 09:02 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 01:57 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:50, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:50 Karana becomes Vanija
- 09:02 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 20:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:57 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:57 – 03:09 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:02 – 06:43 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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:14
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:44 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:10 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Char | 13:32 – 14:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:54 – 16:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:15 – 17:37 | Good |
| Char | 17:37 – 19:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:15 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:54 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:54 NowJupiter
- 15:48 NowMars
- 16:43 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:48 NowMoon
- 20:54 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 23:05 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 05:58 Sagittarius
- 05:58 – 07:43 Capricorn
- 07:43 – 09:14 Aquarius
- 09:14 – 10:42 Pisces
- 10:42 – 12:20 Aries
- 12:20 – 14:18 Taurus
- 14:18 – 16:32 Gemini
- 16:32 – 18:49 Cancer
- 18:49 – 21:03 Leo
- 21:03 – 23:16 Virgo
- 23:16 – 01:33 next day Libra
- 01:33 – 03:50 next day Scorpio
- 03:50 – 05:54 next day Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 06:43 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