Varanasi panchang, 8 February 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 13:37 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:46- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:38 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:38 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:25 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 14:59
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
17:46 to 06:37 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:16 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 20:16
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 18:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 14:04
- Karana Vanija until 08:49, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 08:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 20:16 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 20:16 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:16 – 14:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:38 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:22 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 14:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:04 – 15:16
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. 04:55 – 05:46
- 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 17:46 – 20:20
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:38 – 18:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:38 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:25 | Good |
| Rog | 09:25 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 14:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:59 – 16:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:22 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:22 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:59 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:24 – 05:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:01 – 06:37 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
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:29 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:03 NowJupiter
- 14:59 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:50 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:50 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:59 NowJupiter
- 22:03 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:38 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:38 NowSun
- 10:38 NowVenus
- 11:38 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:38 NowMars
- 16:38 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:38 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:38 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:38 NowVenus
- 01:38 NowMercury
- 02:38 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:11 Sagittarius
- 05:11 – 06:56 Capricorn
- 06:56 – 08:27 Aquarius
- 08:27 – 09:55 Pisces
- 09:55 – 11:33 Aries
- 11:33 – 13:30 Taurus
- 13:30 – 15:44 Gemini
- 15:44 – 18:02 Cancer
- 18:02 – 20:16 Leo
- 20:16 – 22:29 Virgo
- 22:29 – 00:45 next day Libra
- 00:45 – 03:02 next day Scorpio
- 03:02 – 05:07 next day Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 06:37 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