Varanasi panchang, 15 February 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 20:22 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:33 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:33 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta 07:18 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:22 – 10:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:01
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:50 to 06:32 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:42 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 23:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 01:39 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:32
- Karana Vanija until 10:49, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:32 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 10:49 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 23:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:39 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:33 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:33 – 07:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:18 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:01
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:33 – 01:39 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:39 – 06:32 next day
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. 04:51 – 05:42
- 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 – 20:23
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:52 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:33 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:22 | Good |
| Rog | 09:22 – 10:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Char | 12:12 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:01 – 16:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:26 – 17:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:50 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:26 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:01 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:11 – 01:47 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:47 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:22 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:57 – 06:32 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
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:26 NowMars
- 09:22 NowSun
- 10:19 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:01 NowMars
- 15:57 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:50 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:57 NowSaturn
- 21:01 NowJupiter
- 22:04 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:18 NowMoon
- 03:22 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:29 NowMars
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:28 Capricorn
- 06:28 – 07:59 Aquarius
- 07:59 – 09:28 Pisces
- 09:28 – 11:06 Aries
- 11:06 – 13:03 Taurus
- 13:03 – 15:17 Gemini
- 15:17 – 17:35 Cancer
- 17:35 – 19:48 Leo
- 19:48 – 22:01 Virgo
- 22:01 – 00:18 next day Libra
- 00:18 – 02:35 next day Scorpio
- 02:35 – 04:40 next day Sagittarius
- 04:40 – 06:24 next day Capricorn
- 06:24 – 06:32 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