Varanasi panchang, 1 February 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 08:38 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 17:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta 07:26 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:26 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 14:56
- 11:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:24 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:41 to 06:41 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 11:38
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:33 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 12:24
- Karana Gara until 11:38, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 11:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 11:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:24 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 20:58 Moon enters Pisces
- 22:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:26 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 09:14 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. 04:57 – 05:49
- 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 17:41 – 20:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 02:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:38 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:26 | Good |
| Rog | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Char | 12:11 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 14:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:56 – 16:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:41 – 19:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:18 – 20:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:56 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:41 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 NowSaturn
- 07:36 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:26 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:01 NowJupiter
- 14:56 NowMars
- 15:51 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:51 NowSaturn
- 20:56 NowJupiter
- 22:01 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:38 Sagittarius
- 05:38 – 07:23 Capricorn
- 07:23 – 08:54 Aquarius
- 08:54 – 10:23 Pisces
- 10:23 – 12:01 Aries
- 12:01 – 13:58 Taurus
- 13:58 – 16:12 Gemini
- 16:12 – 18:30 Cancer
- 18:30 – 20:44 Leo
- 20:44 – 22:56 Virgo
- 22:56 – 01:13 next day Libra
- 01:13 – 03:30 next day Scorpio
- 03:30 – 05:35 next day Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 06:41 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