Varanasi panchang, 25 February 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 04:28 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:56- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Gulika Kalam 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:03 – 16:30
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:47 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:56 to 06:24 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 12:47
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyatipata until 08:14
- Karana Taitila until 12:47, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 12:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 12:47 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:30 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 00:03 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- 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
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:30
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 05:50 – 16:24 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:25 – 18:30
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. 04:45 – 05:35
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:47 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:25 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:44 – 12:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:03 – 16:30 | Good |
| Rog | 16:30 – 17:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:56 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:30 – 21:03 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:03 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:44 – 03:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:17 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:51 – 06:24 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
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:23 NowSun
- 08:20 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:13 NowSaturn
- 12:11 NowJupiter
- 13:08 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:01 NowMercury
- 16:59 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:59 NowJupiter
- 20:01 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:08 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:13 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:17 NowMars
- 04:20 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:25 NowMoon
- 11:25 NowSaturn
- 12:25 NowJupiter
- 13:25 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:25 NowMoon
- 18:25 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:25 NowSun
- 22:25 NowVenus
- 23:25 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMoon
- 01:25 NowSaturn
- 02:25 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:25 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 05:49 Capricorn
- 05:49 – 07:20 Aquarius
- 07:20 – 08:48 Pisces
- 08:48 – 10:26 Aries
- 10:26 – 12:24 Taurus
- 12:24 – 14:38 Gemini
- 14:38 – 16:55 Cancer
- 16:55 – 19:09 Leo
- 19:09 – 21:22 Virgo
- 21:22 – 23:39 Libra
- 23:39 – 01:55 next day Scorpio
- 01:55 – 04:00 next day Sagittarius
- 04:00 – 05:45 next day Capricorn
- 05:45 – 06:24 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