Varanasi panchang, 21 February 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:54 Moonrise 00:48 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:54- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:46 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:28
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
17:54 to 06:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:54 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 11:58
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 15:54 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:59
- Karana Kaulava until 11:58, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 11:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 11:59 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 15:54 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:28
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:54 – 06:28 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. 04:48 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:54 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:28 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:28 | Bad |
| Char | 16:28 – 17:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:54 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:02 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:45 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:19 – 04:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:53 – 06:28 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
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:23 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:14 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 16:57 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:57 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:14 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:19 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:05 Capricorn
- 06:05 – 07:36 Aquarius
- 07:36 – 09:04 Pisces
- 09:04 – 10:42 Aries
- 10:42 – 12:39 Taurus
- 12:39 – 14:53 Gemini
- 14:53 – 17:11 Cancer
- 17:11 – 19:25 Leo
- 19:25 – 21:38 Virgo
- 21:38 – 23:54 Libra
- 23:54 – 02:11 next day Scorpio
- 02:11 – 04:16 next day Sagittarius
- 04:16 – 06:01 next day Capricorn
- 06:01 – 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