Varanasi panchang, 19 February 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 23:52 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:53- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:55 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- 07:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:53 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:48 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 07:32
- Nakshatra Swati until 10:39 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:48
- Karana Vanija until 07:32, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 07:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 10:39 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 10:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:48 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
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. 04:49 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:53 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:30 – 10:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:32 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:26 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:30 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:55 – 09:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:21 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:11 | Good |
| Rog | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:02 | Bad |
| Char | 15:02 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:53 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 21:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:02 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:11 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:20 – 04:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:55 – 06:29 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
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:21 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:02 NowSaturn
- 15:59 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:53 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:59 NowMercury
- 21:02 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:14 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:30 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:30 NowSaturn
- 09:30 NowJupiter
- 10:30 NowMars
- 11:30 NowSun
- 12:30 NowVenus
- 13:30 NowMercury
- 14:30 NowMoon
- 15:30 NowSaturn
- 16:30 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:30 NowMoon
- 22:30 NowSaturn
- 23:30 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMars
- 01:30 NowSun
- 02:30 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:13 Capricorn
- 06:13 – 07:43 Aquarius
- 07:43 – 09:12 Pisces
- 09:12 – 10:50 Aries
- 10:50 – 12:47 Taurus
- 12:47 – 15:01 Gemini
- 15:01 – 17:19 Cancer
- 17:19 – 19:33 Leo
- 19:33 – 21:46 Virgo
- 21:46 – 00:02 next day Libra
- 00:02 – 02:19 next day Scorpio
- 02:19 – 04:24 next day Sagittarius
- 04:24 – 06:09 next day Capricorn
- 06:09 – 06:29 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