Varanasi panchang, 12 February 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:48 Moonrise 17:42 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:59 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:12 – 13:36
- 07:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
Night
17:48 to 06:35 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:48 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:35 Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 19:23
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 19:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:06
- Karana Vishti until 07:05, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 19:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 19:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 19:35 Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:55 – 07:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
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. 04:53 – 05:44
- 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 17:48 – 20:22
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:35 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:59 – 09:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:24 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:12 | Good |
| Rog | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:24 – 17:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:48 – 19:24 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:24 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:47 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 04:59 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:59 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:31 NowMoon
- 08:27 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:12 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:04 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:52 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:52 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:04 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:31 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowMercury
- 07:35 NowMoon
- 08:35 NowSaturn
- 09:35 NowJupiter
- 10:35 NowMars
- 11:35 NowSun
- 12:35 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:35 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:35 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:35 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:35 NowSaturn
- 23:35 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMars
- 01:35 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:35 NowMoon
- 05:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 04:55 Sagittarius
- 04:55 – 06:40 Capricorn
- 06:40 – 08:11 Aquarius
- 08:11 – 09:39 Pisces
- 09:39 – 11:18 Aries
- 11:18 – 13:15 Taurus
- 13:15 – 15:29 Gemini
- 15:29 – 17:46 Cancer
- 17:46 – 20:00 Leo
- 20:00 – 22:13 Virgo
- 22:13 – 00:30 next day Libra
- 00:30 – 02:47 next day Scorpio
- 02:47 – 04:51 next day Sagittarius
- 04:51 – 06:35 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