Varanasi panchang, 30 January 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 07:22 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:39- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:28
- 07:15 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:11 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:39 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 16:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:15 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 18:33
- Karana Bava until 16:11, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:15 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 16:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 16:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:33 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 18:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 03:06 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 14:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:28
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 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 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 14:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:55 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:17 – 17:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:39 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:17 – 20:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:55 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:04 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:37 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:00 NowMars
- 14:55 NowSun
- 15:50 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:39 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:50 NowJupiter
- 20:55 NowMars
- 22:00 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:37 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:46 Sagittarius
- 05:46 – 07:31 Capricorn
- 07:31 – 09:02 Aquarius
- 09:02 – 10:30 Pisces
- 10:30 – 12:09 Aries
- 12:09 – 14:06 Taurus
- 14:06 – 16:20 Gemini
- 16:20 – 18:37 Cancer
- 18:37 – 20:51 Leo
- 20:51 – 23:04 Virgo
- 23:04 – 01:21 next day Libra
- 01:21 – 03:38 next day Scorpio
- 03:38 – 05:42 next day Sagittarius
- 05:42 – 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