Varanasi panchang, 5 March 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 09:46 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 18:00- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:46 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 11:46 – 12:33
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:46 – 12:33 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:09 – 13:37
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:51 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:00 to 06:17 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 12:51
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:08 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 23:07
- Karana Taitila until 12:51, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:13 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 12:51 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:07 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 23:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:06 – 23:07
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:46 – 09:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:46 – 12:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:09 – 13:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:07 – 00:19 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. 04:39 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:46 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:00 – 20:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:18 – 01:08 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:18 – 01:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:18 – 01:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 12:51 – 06:17 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:08 – 06:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:46 – 09:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:13 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:09 | Good |
| Rog | 12:09 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:00 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:37 | Good |
| Char | 22:37 – 00:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:09 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:41 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:13 – 04:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:45 – 06:17 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
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:16 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:03 NowJupiter
- 17:02 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:02 NowVenus
- 20:03 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:14 NowMoon
- 05:15 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:18 Capricorn
- 05:18 – 06:48 Aquarius
- 06:48 – 08:17 Pisces
- 08:17 – 09:55 Aries
- 09:55 – 11:52 Taurus
- 11:52 – 14:06 Gemini
- 14:06 – 16:24 Cancer
- 16:24 – 18:38 Leo
- 18:38 – 20:51 Virgo
- 20:51 – 23:07 Libra
- 23:07 – 01:24 next day Scorpio
- 01:24 – 03:29 next day Sagittarius
- 03:29 – 05:14 next day Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:17 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