Varanasi panchang, 7 March 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 18:01 Moonrise 11:32 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 18:01- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:44 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam 10:40 – 12:09
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda 15:05 – 16:33
- 09:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:45 Moon enters Gemini
Night
18:01 to 06:15 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 09:19
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 23:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 18:14
- Karana Bava until 09:19, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 09:19 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:45 Moon enters Gemini
- 18:14 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 20:44 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:32 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:33
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. 04:38 – 05:27
- 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
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:32 – 06:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:16 – 07:44 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:44 – 09:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:12 – 10:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:40 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:09 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:05 – 16:33 | Bad |
| Char | 16:33 – 18:01 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:01 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:08 – 01:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:40 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:11 – 04:43 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:43 – 06:15 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
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:15 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:09 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:05 NowMoon
- 16:04 NowSaturn
- 17:03 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:03 NowSun
- 20:04 NowVenus
- 21:05 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:08 NowJupiter
- 01:09 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:10 Capricorn
- 05:10 – 06:40 Aquarius
- 06:40 – 08:09 Pisces
- 08:09 – 09:47 Aries
- 09:47 – 11:44 Taurus
- 11:44 – 13:58 Gemini
- 13:58 – 16:16 Cancer
- 16:16 – 18:30 Leo
- 18:30 – 20:43 Virgo
- 20:43 – 22:59 Libra
- 22:59 – 01:16 next day Scorpio
- 01:16 – 03:21 next day Sagittarius
- 03:21 – 05:06 next day Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:15 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