Varanasi panchang, 24 February 2025
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 03:37 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:56- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:52 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:45 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:38
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:56 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 13:45
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 18:59 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:05
- Karana Balava until 13:45, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:05 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 13:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 13:45 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:59 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:56 next day Moon enters Capricorn
- 01:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:05 – 08:14 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:45 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:38
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:26 – 18:59
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:59 – 06:25 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. 04:46 – 05:36
- 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 17:56 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:26 – 07:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:52 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:45 | Good |
| Rog | 10:45 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:03 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:03 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 17:56 | Good |
| Char | 17:56 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:18 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:25 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:21 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:13 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:03 NowJupiter
- 16:01 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 20:01 NowMoon
- 21:03 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:13 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowJupiter
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:26 NowMars
- 10:26 NowSun
- 11:26 NowVenus
- 12:26 NowMercury
- 13:26 NowMoon
- 14:26 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:26 NowJupiter
- 23:26 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:26 NowSun
- 01:26 NowVenus
- 02:26 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:26 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:53 Capricorn
- 05:53 – 07:24 Aquarius
- 07:24 – 08:52 Pisces
- 08:52 – 10:30 Aries
- 10:30 – 12:28 Taurus
- 12:28 – 14:41 Gemini
- 14:41 – 16:59 Cancer
- 16:59 – 19:13 Leo
- 19:13 – 21:26 Virgo
- 21:26 – 23:42 Libra
- 23:42 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:04 next day Sagittarius
- 04:04 – 05:49 next day Capricorn
- 05:49 – 06:25 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