Varanasi panchang, 6 March 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 10:36 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 18:01- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:17 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam 09:13 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta 10:11 – 10:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta 14:53 – 15:40
- 10:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:01 to 06:16 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 10:51
- Nakshatra Rohini until 00:05 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 20:29
- Karana Vanija until 10:51, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 10:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Priti
- 22:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:17 – 07:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:11 – 10:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:53 – 15:40
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:17 – 00:05 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 00:05 – 06:16 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 – 05:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:28
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:17 – 07:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:45 – 09:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:13 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Char | 10:41 – 12:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:05 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:33 – 18:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:01 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:33 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:40 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:12 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:44 – 06:16 next day | Good |
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
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:15 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:09 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:05 NowSun
- 16:04 NowVenus
- 17:02 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:02 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:12 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
- 05:15 NowSun
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:17 NowMars
- 08:17 NowSun
- 09:17 NowVenus
- 10:17 NowMercury
- 11:17 NowMoon
- 12:17 NowSaturn
- 13:17 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:17 NowVenus
- 17:17 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:17 NowSaturn
- 20:17 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:17 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMercury
- 01:17 NowMoon
- 02:17 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:17 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:39 – 05:14 Capricorn
- 05:14 – 06:44 Aquarius
- 06:44 – 08:13 Pisces
- 08:13 – 09:51 Aries
- 09:51 – 11:48 Taurus
- 11:48 – 14:02 Gemini
- 14:02 – 16:20 Cancer
- 16:20 – 18:34 Leo
- 18:34 – 20:47 Virgo
- 20:47 – 23:03 Libra
- 23:03 – 01:20 next day Scorpio
- 01:20 – 03:25 next day Sagittarius
- 03:25 – 05:10 next day Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:16 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