Varanasi panchang, 28 January 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 05:50 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:38- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam 14:54 – 16:16
- 08:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 08:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:52 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
17:38 to 06:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Siddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 19:36
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 08:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 23:51
- Karana Vishti until 08:10, then Shakuni
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:10 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 08:58 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 14:52 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:36 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 19:36 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:51 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:16
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 08:58 – 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. 04:58 – 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 17:38 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:43 – 08:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:32 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:54 – 16:16 | Good |
| Rog | 16:16 – 17:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:38 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:16 – 20:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:54 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:00 NowSun
- 14:54 NowVenus
- 15:49 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:38 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:49 NowMars
- 20:54 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:54 Sagittarius
- 05:54 – 07:39 Capricorn
- 07:39 – 09:10 Aquarius
- 09:10 – 10:38 Pisces
- 10:38 – 12:17 Aries
- 12:17 – 14:14 Taurus
- 14:14 – 16:28 Gemini
- 16:28 – 18:45 Cancer
- 18:45 – 20:59 Leo
- 20:59 – 23:12 Virgo
- 23:12 – 01:29 next day Libra
- 01:29 – 03:46 next day Scorpio
- 03:46 – 05:50 next day Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 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