Varanasi panchang, 9 March 2025
Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 18:02 Moonrise 13:34 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:14 to 18:02- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:32
- Yamaganda 12:08 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam 15:05 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta 16:28 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam 16:34 – 18:02
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:45 Moon enters Cancer
Night
18:02 to 06:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:02 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:45
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 23:55 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Saubhagya until 14:58
- Karana Gara until 07:45, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 07:45 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:45 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:58 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:45 Moon enters Cancer
- 19:41 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:55 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:05 – 16:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:28 – 17:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:34 – 18:02
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:41 – 07:45 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. 04:36 – 05:25
- 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 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:14 – 23:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 23:55 – 06:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:14 – 07:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:42 – 09:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:11 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 12:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:08 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:37 – 15:05 | Good |
| Rog | 15:05 – 16:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:34 – 18:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:02 – 19:34 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Char | 21:05 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:08 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:08 – 01:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:39 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:10 – 04:42 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:42 – 06:13 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
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:13 NowVenus
- 08:12 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:08 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:05 NowMercury
- 16:04 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:04 NowSun
- 21:05 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSaturn
- 01:08 NowJupiter
- 02:09 NowMars
- 03:10 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
- 05:12 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowSun
- 07:14 NowVenus
- 08:14 NowMercury
- 09:14 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:14 NowJupiter
- 12:14 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:14 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:14 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:14 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSaturn
- 01:14 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:14 NowSun
- 04:14 NowVenus
- 05:14 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:02 Capricorn
- 05:02 – 06:33 Aquarius
- 06:33 – 08:01 Pisces
- 08:01 – 09:39 Aries
- 09:39 – 11:36 Taurus
- 11:36 – 13:50 Gemini
- 13:50 – 16:08 Cancer
- 16:08 – 18:22 Leo
- 18:22 – 20:35 Virgo
- 20:35 – 22:51 Libra
- 22:51 – 01:08 next day Scorpio
- 01:08 – 03:13 next day Sagittarius
- 03:13 – 04:58 next day Capricorn
- 04:58 – 06:13 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