Varanasi panchang, 16 March 2025
Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 19:58 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:07 to 18:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:06 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:06 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta 16:30 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam 16:36 – 18:06
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:06 to 06:06 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 16:58
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:45 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 14:48
- Karana Gara until 16:58, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:45 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:48 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 16:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 16:58 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:15 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:30 – 17:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:36 – 18:06
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 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:07 – 11:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:07 – 11:45
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:07 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:37 – 09:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:06 – 10:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:36 – 12:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:06 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Rog | 15:06 – 16:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:36 – 18:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:06 – 19:36 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:36 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:06 – 01:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:36 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:06 – 04:36 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:36 – 06:06 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
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:06 NowMoon
- 10:06 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 12:06 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:06 NowMercury
- 16:06 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:06 NowJupiter
- 19:06 NowMars
- 20:06 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:06 NowSaturn
- 01:06 NowJupiter
- 02:06 NowMars
- 03:06 NowSun
- 04:06 NowVenus
- 05:06 NowMercury
- 06:07 NowSun
- 07:07 NowVenus
- 08:07 NowMercury
- 09:07 NowMoon
- 10:07 NowSaturn
- 11:07 NowJupiter
- 12:07 NowMars
- 13:07 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:07 NowJupiter
- 19:07 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:07 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:07 NowSaturn
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:07 NowMars
- 03:07 NowSun
- 04:07 NowVenus
- 05:07 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 04:34 Capricorn
- 04:34 – 06:05 Aquarius
- 06:05 – 07:34 Pisces
- 07:34 – 09:12 Aries
- 09:12 – 11:09 Taurus
- 11:09 – 13:23 Gemini
- 13:23 – 15:41 Cancer
- 15:41 – 17:54 Leo
- 17:54 – 20:07 Virgo
- 20:07 – 22:24 Libra
- 22:24 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:46 next day Sagittarius
- 02:46 – 04:30 next day Capricorn
- 04:30 – 06:01 next day Aquarius
- 06:01 – 06:06 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