Varanasi panchang, 15 March 2025
Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 18:05 Moonrise 19:06 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:08 to 18:05- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:08 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:08 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 06:56 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 09:07 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:43 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:06
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:33 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:05 to 06:07 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:05 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:33
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 08:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 13:59
- Karana Kaulava until 14:33, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:54 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 13:59 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:33 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:44 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:08 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:08 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:56 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:08 – 08:54
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:11 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:04 – 09:19
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:54 – 06:07 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. 04:31 – 05:20
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:43 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:05 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:08 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 09:07 | Good |
| Rog | 09:07 – 10:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:37 – 12:07 | Bad |
| Char | 12:07 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:36 – 18:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:05 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:36 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:06 – 22:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:06 – 04:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:37 – 06:07 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
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:07 NowMars
- 09:07 NowSun
- 10:07 NowVenus
- 11:07 NowMercury
- 12:07 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:06 NowMars
- 16:06 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:05 NowMercury
- 19:05 NowMoon
- 20:06 NowSaturn
- 21:06 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:06 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:06 NowVenus
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:06 NowSaturn
- 04:06 NowJupiter
- 05:07 NowMars
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:38 Capricorn
- 04:38 – 06:09 Aquarius
- 06:09 – 07:37 Pisces
- 07:37 – 09:16 Aries
- 09:16 – 11:13 Taurus
- 11:13 – 13:27 Gemini
- 13:27 – 15:44 Cancer
- 15:44 – 17:58 Leo
- 17:58 – 20:11 Virgo
- 20:11 – 22:28 Libra
- 22:28 – 00:45 next day Scorpio
- 00:45 – 02:49 next day Sagittarius
- 02:49 – 04:34 next day Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:05 next day Aquarius
- 06:05 – 06:07 next day Pisces
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