Varanasi panchang, 4 February 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:43 Moonrise 10:24 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:43- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:53 – 09:37
- Yamaganda 09:26 – 10:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 14:57 – 16:20
- 15:33 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:43 to 06:40 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:43 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:49 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 02:31 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 21:49 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shubha until 00:06 next day
- Karana Gara until 15:33, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 15:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:49 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 00:06 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
- 02:31 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 02:31 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:53 – 09:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:26 – 10:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:57 – 16:20
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 06:40 – 21:49
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 17:19 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 16:20 – 18:18
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. 04:56 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:43 – 20:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 21:49
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 02:31 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:26 | Bad |
| Char | 09:26 – 10:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 14:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:57 – 16:20 | Good |
| Rog | 16:20 – 17:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:43 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:20 – 20:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:57 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:02 – 06:40 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
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:26 NowMercury
- 10:21 NowMoon
- 11:16 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:02 NowSun
- 14:57 NowVenus
- 15:52 NowMercury
- 16:48 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:52 NowMars
- 20:57 NowSun
- 22:02 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:16 NowSaturn
- 02:21 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
- 05:35 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:27 Sagittarius
- 05:27 – 07:12 Capricorn
- 07:12 – 08:42 Aquarius
- 08:42 – 10:11 Pisces
- 10:11 – 11:49 Aries
- 11:49 – 13:46 Taurus
- 13:46 – 16:00 Gemini
- 16:00 – 18:18 Cancer
- 18:18 – 20:32 Leo
- 20:32 – 22:45 Virgo
- 22:45 – 01:01 next day Libra
- 01:01 – 03:18 next day Scorpio
- 03:18 – 05:23 next day Sagittarius
- 05:23 – 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