Varanasi panchang, 2 February 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 09:12 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 14:56 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta 16:13 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam 16:19 – 17:41
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:14 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:41 to 06:41 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 06:05 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:14
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 00:52 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 09:14
- Karana Vishti until 09:14, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 09:14 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 09:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 06:05 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:26 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:13 – 16:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:19 – 17:41
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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:41 – 00:52 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:52 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:41 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:26 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 14:56 | Good |
| Rog | 14:56 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:19 – 17:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:41 – 19:19 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:19 – 20:56 | Good |
| Char | 20:56 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:03 – 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
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:26 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:56 NowMercury
- 15:51 NowMoon
- 16:46 NowSaturn
- 17:41 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 19:51 NowSun
- 20:56 NowVenus
- 22:01 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowSun
- 07:41 NowVenus
- 08:41 NowMercury
- 09:41 NowMoon
- 10:41 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:41 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:41 NowVenus
- 15:41 NowMercury
- 16:41 NowMoon
- 17:41 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:41 NowMars
- 20:41 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:41 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSaturn
- 01:41 NowJupiter
- 02:41 NowMars
- 03:41 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:41 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:35 Sagittarius
- 05:35 – 07:19 Capricorn
- 07:19 – 08:50 Aquarius
- 08:50 – 10:19 Pisces
- 10:19 – 11:57 Aries
- 11:57 – 13:54 Taurus
- 13:54 – 16:08 Gemini
- 16:08 – 18:26 Cancer
- 18:26 – 20:40 Leo
- 20:40 – 22:52 Virgo
- 22:52 – 01:09 next day Libra
- 01:09 – 03:26 next day Scorpio
- 03:26 – 05:31 next day Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 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