Varanasi panchang, 20 February 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:53 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:53- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta 10:17 – 11:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 06:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:53 to 06:28 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 09:58
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:30 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhruva until 11:33
- Karana Bava until 09:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 06:49 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 09:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:33 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 13:30 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:17 – 11:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:33 – 15:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
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. 04:48 – 05:39
- 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 17:53 – 20:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 13:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:30 – 06:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:55 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Char | 10:46 – 12:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:02 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:28 – 17:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:53 – 19:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:28 – 21:02 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:02 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:54 – 06:28 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
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:02 NowSun
- 15:59 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:53 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:59 NowJupiter
- 21:02 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:09 Capricorn
- 06:09 – 07:39 Aquarius
- 07:39 – 09:08 Pisces
- 09:08 – 10:46 Aries
- 10:46 – 12:43 Taurus
- 12:43 – 14:57 Gemini
- 14:57 – 17:15 Cancer
- 17:15 – 19:29 Leo
- 19:29 – 21:42 Virgo
- 21:42 – 23:58 Libra
- 23:58 – 02:15 next day Scorpio
- 02:15 – 04:20 next day Sagittarius
- 04:20 – 06:05 next day Capricorn
- 06:05 – 06:28 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