Varanasi panchang, 12 March 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 16:30 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 18:04- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:40 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 11:44 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:44 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:07 – 13:37
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
18:04 to 06:10 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:21 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 09:12
- Nakshatra Magha until 04:05 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sukarman until 13:00
- Karana Taitila until 09:12, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 09:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 09:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 13:00 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 21:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:40 – 09:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:44 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:07 – 13:37
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. 04:34 – 05:22
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:04 – 20:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:11 – 04:05 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:11 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:40 – 09:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:09 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 12:07 | Good |
| Rog | 12:07 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:37 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Char | 15:06 – 16:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:35 – 18:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:04 – 19:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:35 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:07 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:39 – 06:10 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
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:08 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:07 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:06 NowSaturn
- 16:05 NowJupiter
- 17:05 NowMars
- 18:04 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:05 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMars
- 01:07 NowSun
- 02:08 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowMercury
- 07:11 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:11 NowJupiter
- 10:11 NowMars
- 11:11 NowSun
- 12:11 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:11 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:11 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:11 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMars
- 01:11 NowSun
- 02:11 NowVenus
- 03:11 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 04:50 Capricorn
- 04:50 – 06:21 Aquarius
- 06:21 – 07:49 Pisces
- 07:49 – 09:27 Aries
- 09:27 – 11:25 Taurus
- 11:25 – 13:39 Gemini
- 13:39 – 15:56 Cancer
- 15:56 – 18:10 Leo
- 18:10 – 20:23 Virgo
- 20:23 – 22:40 Libra
- 22:40 – 00:57 next day Scorpio
- 00:57 – 03:01 next day Sagittarius
- 03:01 – 04:46 next day Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:10 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