Varanasi panchang, 3 February 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 09:47 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 17:42- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:03 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 10:49 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:46 – 15:30
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:42 to 06:40 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:16 Moon enters Aries
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:53
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:16 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Sadhya until 03:02 next day
- Karana Balava until 06:53, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 06:53 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 06:53 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:44 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:16 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:16 Moon enters Aries
- 03:02 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
- 04:37 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 04:37 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:46 – 15:30
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 17:42 – 20:18
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 23:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:41 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:03 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:26 – 10:49 | Good |
| Rog | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:19 – 17:42 | Good |
| Char | 17:42 – 19:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:19 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:26 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:40 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:21 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:02 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 22:01 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:21 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:41 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:41 NowMercury
- 13:41 NowMoon
- 14:41 NowSaturn
- 15:41 NowJupiter
- 16:41 NowMars
- 17:41 NowSun
- 18:41 NowVenus
- 19:41 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:41 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:41 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:41 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:31 Sagittarius
- 05:31 – 07:16 Capricorn
- 07:16 – 08:46 Aquarius
- 08:46 – 10:15 Pisces
- 10:15 – 11:53 Aries
- 11:53 – 13:50 Taurus
- 13:50 – 16:04 Gemini
- 16:04 – 18:22 Cancer
- 18:22 – 20:36 Leo
- 20:36 – 22:49 Virgo
- 22:49 – 01:05 next day Libra
- 01:05 – 03:22 next day Scorpio
- 03:22 – 05:27 next day Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 06:40 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