Varanasi panchang, 23 February 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 02:42 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:55- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:03 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta 16:23 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam 16:29 – 17:55
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:56 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:55 to 06:26 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 13:56
- Nakshatra Mula until 18:42 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vajra until 11:18
- Karana Vishti until 13:56, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:18 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 13:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 13:56 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:42 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 01:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:23 – 17:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:29 – 17:55
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. 04:46 – 05:37
- 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 17:55 – 20:25
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:27 – 18:42
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:27 – 18:42
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:27 – 07:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:53 – 09:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:19 – 10:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:45 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:03 | Good |
| Rog | 15:03 – 16:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:29 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:55 – 19:29 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:29 – 21:03 | Good |
| Char | 21:03 – 22:37 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:52 – 06:26 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
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:22 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:00 NowMoon
- 16:58 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:58 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:13 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:21 NowVenus
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowSun
- 07:27 NowVenus
- 08:27 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:27 NowSaturn
- 11:27 NowJupiter
- 12:27 NowMars
- 13:27 NowSun
- 14:27 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:27 NowMoon
- 17:27 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:27 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:27 NowMercury
- 23:27 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSaturn
- 01:27 NowJupiter
- 02:27 NowMars
- 03:27 NowSun
- 04:27 NowVenus
- 05:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:57 Capricorn
- 05:57 – 07:28 Aquarius
- 07:28 – 08:56 Pisces
- 08:56 – 10:34 Aries
- 10:34 – 12:31 Taurus
- 12:31 – 14:45 Gemini
- 14:45 – 17:03 Cancer
- 17:03 – 19:17 Leo
- 19:17 – 21:30 Virgo
- 21:30 – 23:46 Libra
- 23:46 – 02:03 next day Scorpio
- 02:03 – 04:08 next day Sagittarius
- 04:08 – 05:53 next day Capricorn
- 05:53 – 06:26 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