Varanasi panchang, 29 January 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 06:39 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 17:39- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:33
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:39 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 18:05
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 08:20 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 21:21
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:54, then Naga
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:54 Karana becomes Naga
- 08:20 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:05 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 18:05 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 21:21 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 05:11 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:21 – 18:33 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 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:43 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:17 – 17:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:39 – 19:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:17 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:04 – 06:42 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 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:39 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:05 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:50 Sagittarius
- 05:50 – 07:35 Capricorn
- 07:35 – 09:06 Aquarius
- 09:06 – 10:34 Pisces
- 10:34 – 12:13 Aries
- 12:13 – 14:10 Taurus
- 14:10 – 16:24 Gemini
- 16:24 – 18:41 Cancer
- 18:41 – 20:55 Leo
- 20:55 – 23:08 Virgo
- 23:08 – 01:25 next day Libra
- 01:25 – 03:42 next day Scorpio
- 03:42 – 05:46 next day Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 06:42 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