Varanasi panchang, 28 February 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 06:33 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:58- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam 10:43 – 12:10
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:33
- Durmuhurta 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:04 – 16:31
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:47 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:58 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:27
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:58 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 03:16 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 13:40 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 20:07
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:47, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 16:47 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:16 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 03:16 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:58 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:43 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:33 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:04 – 16:31
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. 04:43 – 05:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:27
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:22 – 03:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:22 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:16 – 10:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:43 – 12:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:10 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:04 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 17:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:58 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 21:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:04 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:43 – 03:16 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:16 – 04:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:49 – 06:21 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
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:18 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:14 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:04 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:00 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:00 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:04 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:14 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:18 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:37 Capricorn
- 05:37 – 07:08 Aquarius
- 07:08 – 08:36 Pisces
- 08:36 – 10:15 Aries
- 10:15 – 12:12 Taurus
- 12:12 – 14:26 Gemini
- 14:26 – 16:43 Cancer
- 16:43 – 18:57 Leo
- 18:57 – 21:10 Virgo
- 21:10 – 23:27 Libra
- 23:27 – 01:44 next day Scorpio
- 01:44 – 03:48 next day Sagittarius
- 03:48 – 05:33 next day Capricorn
- 05:33 – 06:21 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