Varanasi panchang, 8 March 2025
Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 12:32 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:15 to 18:02- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:15 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta 07:02 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam 09:12 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:05
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:02 to 06:14 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:28
- Brahma Muhurta 04:36 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:17
- Nakshatra Ardra until 23:28 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:24
- Karana Kaulava until 08:17, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:17 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:24 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:28 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:15 – 07:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:02 – 07:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:12 – 10:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:05
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. 04:37 – 05:26
- 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 18:02 – 20:28
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:15 – 06:14 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:15 – 08:17
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:15 – 07:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:43 – 09:12 | Good |
| Rog | 09:12 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 12:08 | Bad |
| Char | 12:08 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:05 – 16:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:34 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:02 – 19:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:33 – 21:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:39 – 03:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:11 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:42 – 06:14 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
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:07 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:05 NowMars
- 16:04 NowSun
- 17:03 NowVenus
- 18:02 NowMercury
- 19:03 NowMoon
- 20:04 NowSaturn
- 21:05 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMars
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:06 Capricorn
- 05:06 – 06:37 Aquarius
- 06:37 – 08:05 Pisces
- 08:05 – 09:43 Aries
- 09:43 – 11:40 Taurus
- 11:40 – 13:54 Gemini
- 13:54 – 16:12 Cancer
- 16:12 – 18:26 Leo
- 18:26 – 20:39 Virgo
- 20:39 – 22:55 Libra
- 22:55 – 01:12 next day Scorpio
- 01:12 – 03:17 next day Sagittarius
- 03:17 – 05:02 next day Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:14 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