Varanasi panchang, 14 February 2025
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 19:31 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta 08:49 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam 10:47 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:01 – 16:25
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:50 to 06:33 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:22
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 21:52
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 23:09 · lord Venus
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:20
- Karana Taitila until 09:03, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:20 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 21:52 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 05:44 next day Moon enters Virgo
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:49 – 09:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:25
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. 04:52 – 05:43
- 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 17:50 – 20:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:34 – 23:09
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:34 – 23:09
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:34 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:23 – 10:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:12 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:01 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:22 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:33 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
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:23 NowSaturn
- 10:19 NowJupiter
- 11:15 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:04 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 15:57 NowSaturn
- 16:53 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:53 NowSun
- 19:57 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:04 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:15 NowMars
- 02:19 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:32 Capricorn
- 06:32 – 08:03 Aquarius
- 08:03 – 09:31 Pisces
- 09:31 – 11:10 Aries
- 11:10 – 13:07 Taurus
- 13:07 – 15:21 Gemini
- 15:21 – 17:38 Cancer
- 17:38 – 19:52 Leo
- 19:52 – 22:05 Virgo
- 22:05 – 00:22 next day Libra
- 00:22 – 02:39 next day Scorpio
- 02:39 – 04:43 next day Sagittarius
- 04:43 – 06:28 next day Capricorn
- 06:28 – 06:33 next day Aquarius
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