Varanasi panchang, 25 January 2028
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 05:45 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 17:35- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:55 – 09:38
- Yamaganda 09:27 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:10 – 13:31
- Rahu Kalam 14:52 – 16:14
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:35 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:40 Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:17
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 13:59 · lord Venus
- Yoga Harshana until 12:50
- Karana Shakuni until 18:17, then Chatushpada
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 13:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:40 Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:55 – 09:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:31
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:50 – 14:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:52 – 16:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:59 – 06:44 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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:35 – 20:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:06 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Char | 09:27 – 10:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:48 – 12:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:10 – 13:31 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:31 – 14:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:52 – 16:14 | Good |
| Rog | 16:14 – 17:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:35 – 19:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:14 – 20:52 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:52 – 22:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:31 – 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 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:27 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 13:58 NowSun
- 14:52 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:35 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:52 NowSun
- 21:58 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:15 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:33 NowSun
- 05:38 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:09 Sagittarius
- 06:09 – 07:54 Capricorn
- 07:54 – 09:25 Aquarius
- 09:25 – 10:53 Pisces
- 10:53 – 12:31 Aries
- 12:31 – 14:29 Taurus
- 14:29 – 16:42 Gemini
- 16:42 – 19:00 Cancer
- 19:00 – 21:14 Leo
- 21:14 – 23:27 Virgo
- 23:27 – 01:43 next day Libra
- 01:43 – 04:00 next day Scorpio
- 04:00 – 06:05 next day Sagittarius
- 06:05 – 06:44 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