Varanasi panchang, 17 February 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 22:05 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:57 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 10:47 – 12:12
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:50 – 15:36
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:51 to 06:31 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:23
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 04:53 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:35 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 08:54
- Karana Kaulava until 15:34, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:54 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:02 Moon enters Libra
- 04:53 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:53 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:57 – 09:22
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:54 – 11:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:47 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:50 – 15:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:32 – 06:31 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 18:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 17:49 – 20:06
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. 04:50 – 05:41
- 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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:57 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:22 – 10:47 | Good |
| Rog | 10:47 – 12:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:12 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:27 – 17:51 | Good |
| Char | 17:51 – 19:26 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:26 – 21:01 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:01 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:21 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:31 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:12 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:55 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:55 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 21:01 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:21 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:20 Capricorn
- 06:20 – 07:51 Aquarius
- 07:51 – 09:20 Pisces
- 09:20 – 10:58 Aries
- 10:58 – 12:55 Taurus
- 12:55 – 15:09 Gemini
- 15:09 – 17:27 Cancer
- 17:27 – 19:41 Leo
- 19:41 – 21:53 Virgo
- 21:53 – 00:10 next day Libra
- 00:10 – 02:27 next day Scorpio
- 02:27 – 04:32 next day Sagittarius
- 04:32 – 06:17 next day Capricorn
- 06:17 – 06:31 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