Varanasi panchang, 13 March 2025
Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 17:24 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:10 to 18:04- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:10 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:08 – 10:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:41
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
18:04 to 06:09 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:29
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:20 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:27 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:36
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:19 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhriti until 13:02
- Karana Vanija until 10:36, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:36 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:02 Yoga becomes Shula
- 23:27 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:10 – 07:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:08 – 10:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:36 – 23:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:02 – 15:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:41
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. 04:33 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:29
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:36 – 06:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:10 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:39 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 12:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:07 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:35 – 18:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:04 – 19:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:35 – 21:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:05 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 00:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:07 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:37 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:08 – 04:38 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:38 – 06:09 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
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:09 NowMars
- 08:09 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:07 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:05 NowVenus
- 17:05 NowMercury
- 18:04 NowMoon
- 19:05 NowSaturn
- 20:05 NowJupiter
- 21:05 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:06 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:07 NowMercury
- 01:07 NowMoon
- 02:07 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 04:46 Capricorn
- 04:46 – 06:17 Aquarius
- 06:17 – 07:45 Pisces
- 07:45 – 09:24 Aries
- 09:24 – 11:21 Taurus
- 11:21 – 13:35 Gemini
- 13:35 – 15:52 Cancer
- 15:52 – 18:06 Leo
- 18:06 – 20:19 Virgo
- 20:19 – 22:36 Libra
- 22:36 – 00:53 next day Scorpio
- 00:53 – 02:57 next day Sagittarius
- 02:57 – 04:42 next day Capricorn
- 04:42 – 06:09 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