Varanasi panchang, 18 February 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 22:57 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:33
- Yamaganda 09:21 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:02 – 16:27
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:52 to 06:30 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:32 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 07:35 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ganda until 09:51
- Karana Gara until 18:14, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:35 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 09:51 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 18:14 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:02 – 16:27
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 – 05:40
- 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 17:52 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:35 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:31 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Char | 09:21 – 10:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:02 – 16:27 | Good |
| Rog | 16:27 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:02 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:46 – 03:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:21 – 04:55 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:55 – 06:30 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
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:24 NowVenus
- 09:21 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:15 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:02 NowVenus
- 15:59 NowMercury
- 16:55 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:55 NowJupiter
- 19:58 NowMars
- 21:02 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMoon
- 01:14 NowSaturn
- 02:17 NowJupiter
- 03:21 NowMars
- 04:24 NowSun
- 05:27 NowVenus
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
- 05:31 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:17 Capricorn
- 06:17 – 07:47 Aquarius
- 07:47 – 09:16 Pisces
- 09:16 – 10:54 Aries
- 10:54 – 12:51 Taurus
- 12:51 – 15:05 Gemini
- 15:05 – 17:23 Cancer
- 17:23 – 19:37 Leo
- 19:37 – 21:50 Virgo
- 21:50 – 00:06 next day Libra
- 00:06 – 02:23 next day Scorpio
- 02:23 – 04:28 next day Sagittarius
- 04:28 – 06:13 next day Capricorn
- 06:13 – 06:30 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