Varanasi panchang, 16 February 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 21:13 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:51- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:12 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:01 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta 16:20 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam 16:26 – 17:51
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:51 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 02:16 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 04:31 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:05
- Karana Bava until 13:02, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 13:02 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:16 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 02:16 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 04:31 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:05 – 10:05
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:12 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:20 – 17:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:26 – 17:51
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 02:16 – 04:31 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 17:51 – 20:23
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:32 – 02:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 04:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:32 – 07:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:57 – 09:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:47 – 12:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:12 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:01 | Good |
| Rog | 15:01 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:26 – 17:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:51 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:26 – 21:01 | Good |
| Char | 21:01 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:29 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:22 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:15 NowJupiter
- 12:12 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:01 NowMercury
- 15:58 NowMoon
- 16:54 NowSaturn
- 17:51 NowJupiter
- 18:54 NowMars
- 19:58 NowSun
- 21:01 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:15 NowJupiter
- 02:18 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:24 Capricorn
- 06:24 – 07:55 Aquarius
- 07:55 – 09:24 Pisces
- 09:24 – 11:02 Aries
- 11:02 – 12:59 Taurus
- 12:59 – 15:13 Gemini
- 15:13 – 17:31 Cancer
- 17:31 – 19:45 Leo
- 19:45 – 21:57 Virgo
- 21:57 – 00:14 next day Libra
- 00:14 – 02:31 next day Scorpio
- 02:31 – 04:36 next day Sagittarius
- 04:36 – 06:20 next day Capricorn
- 06:20 – 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