Varanasi panchang, 11 March 2025
Sunrise 06:12 Sunset 18:03 Moonrise 15:34 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:12 to 18:03- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:34 – 09:22
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Gulika Kalam 12:08 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:34
- 08:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Sukarman
Night
18:03 to 06:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:03 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:15 next day Moon enters Leo
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 08:14
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 02:15 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:17
- Karana Balava until 08:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 08:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 08:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:17 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 20:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 02:15 next day Moon enters Leo
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:34 – 09:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:34
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. 04:35 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:44 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:03 – 20:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 02:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:14 – 06:11 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:15 – 06:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:12 – 07:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:41 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:39 – 12:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:08 – 13:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:37 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:03 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:03 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:34 – 21:05 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:09 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:09 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:11 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
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:11 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:08 NowSaturn
- 12:08 NowJupiter
- 13:07 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:07 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMoon
- 01:08 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:35 – 04:54 Capricorn
- 04:54 – 06:25 Aquarius
- 06:25 – 07:53 Pisces
- 07:53 – 09:31 Aries
- 09:31 – 11:29 Taurus
- 11:29 – 13:42 Gemini
- 13:42 – 16:00 Cancer
- 16:00 – 18:14 Leo
- 18:14 – 20:27 Virgo
- 20:27 – 22:43 Libra
- 22:43 – 01:00 next day Scorpio
- 01:00 – 03:05 next day Sagittarius
- 03:05 – 04:50 next day Capricorn
- 04:50 – 06:11 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