Varanasi panchang, 5 February 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:44 Moonrise 11:04 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 17:44- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:35
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:44 to 06:39 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:44 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:36 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:33 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shukla until 21:18
- Karana Vishti until 13:32, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 13:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:33 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 00:36 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:36 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:35
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 20:33
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:44 – 20:19
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:33 – 06:39 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 20:33 – 06:39 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:33 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:40 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 14:58 | Bad |
| Char | 14:58 – 16:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:21 – 17:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:44 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:21 – 20:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:57 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:25 – 05:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:02 – 06:39 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 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 14:58 NowSaturn
- 15:53 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:53 NowMercury
- 20:57 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:23 Sagittarius
- 05:23 – 07:08 Capricorn
- 07:08 – 08:38 Aquarius
- 08:38 – 10:07 Pisces
- 10:07 – 11:45 Aries
- 11:45 – 13:42 Taurus
- 13:42 – 15:56 Gemini
- 15:56 – 18:14 Cancer
- 18:14 – 20:28 Leo
- 20:28 – 22:41 Virgo
- 22:41 – 00:57 next day Libra
- 00:57 – 03:14 next day Scorpio
- 03:14 – 05:19 next day Sagittarius
- 05:19 – 06:39 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