Varanasi panchang, 9 February 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:46 Moonrise 14:39 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:46- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 14:59 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta 16:17 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam 16:23 – 17:46
- 07:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:46 to 06:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:46 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 19:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 17:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:06
- Karana Bava until 07:48, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:06 Yoga becomes Priti
- 17:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 19:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 19:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:17 – 17:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:23 – 17:46
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. 04:54 – 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:37 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:01 – 09:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:25 – 10:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:48 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 14:59 | Good |
| Rog | 14:59 – 16:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:23 – 17:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:46 – 19:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:23 – 20:59 | Good |
| Char | 20:59 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:00 – 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
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:33 NowVenus
- 08:29 NowMercury
- 09:25 NowMoon
- 10:20 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:51 NowSaturn
- 17:46 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:20 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 05:07 Sagittarius
- 05:07 – 06:52 Capricorn
- 06:52 – 08:23 Aquarius
- 08:23 – 09:51 Pisces
- 09:51 – 11:29 Aries
- 11:29 – 13:27 Taurus
- 13:27 – 15:40 Gemini
- 15:40 – 17:58 Cancer
- 17:58 – 20:12 Leo
- 20:12 – 22:25 Virgo
- 22:25 – 00:41 next day Libra
- 00:41 – 02:58 next day Scorpio
- 02:58 – 05:03 next day Sagittarius
- 05:03 – 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