Varanasi panchang, 26 February 2025
Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 05:13 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:24 to 17:57- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:51 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:34 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:37
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:57 to 06:23 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 11:08
- Nakshatra Shravana until 17:23 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 02:57 next day
- Karana Vanija until 11:08, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 11:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 11:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:23 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 22:05 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:37 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:37
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 17:23 – 06:23 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. 04:44 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:57 – 20:26
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:24 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:51 – 09:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:17 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:44 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Char | 15:04 – 16:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:30 – 17:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:57 – 19:30 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:30 – 21:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:43 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:17 – 04:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:50 – 06:23 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
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:04 NowSaturn
- 16:01 NowJupiter
- 16:59 NowMars
- 17:57 NowSun
- 18:59 NowVenus
- 20:01 NowMercury
- 21:03 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:12 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowMercury
- 07:24 NowMoon
- 08:24 NowSaturn
- 09:24 NowJupiter
- 10:24 NowMars
- 11:24 NowSun
- 12:24 NowVenus
- 13:24 NowMercury
- 14:24 NowMoon
- 15:24 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:24 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:24 NowMoon
- 22:24 NowSaturn
- 23:24 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:24 NowMars
- 01:24 NowSun
- 02:24 NowVenus
- 03:24 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 05:45 Capricorn
- 05:45 – 07:16 Aquarius
- 07:16 – 08:44 Pisces
- 08:44 – 10:23 Aries
- 10:23 – 12:20 Taurus
- 12:20 – 14:34 Gemini
- 14:34 – 16:51 Cancer
- 16:51 – 19:05 Leo
- 19:05 – 21:18 Virgo
- 21:18 – 23:35 Libra
- 23:35 – 01:52 next day Scorpio
- 01:52 – 03:56 next day Sagittarius
- 03:56 – 05:41 next day Capricorn
- 05:41 – 06:23 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