Varanasi panchang, 18 March 2025
Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 21:43 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:05 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:17
- Yamaganda 09:05 – 10:35
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:30
- Gulika Kalam 12:06 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:06 – 16:36
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
18:07 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:28 – 05:16 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 22:09
- Nakshatra Swati until 17:51 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:43
- Karana Bava until 08:52, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:51 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 22:09 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 22:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:05 – 10:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:36
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. 04:29 – 05:17
- 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 18:07 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:05 – 07:35 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:35 – 09:05 | Bad |
| Char | 09:05 – 10:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:35 – 12:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:06 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:06 – 16:36 | Good |
| Rog | 16:36 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:36 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:36 – 21:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:06 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:05 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:35 – 03:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:04 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:34 – 06:04 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
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:06 NowJupiter
- 13:06 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:06 NowVenus
- 16:06 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:06 NowJupiter
- 20:06 NowMars
- 21:06 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
- 06:05 NowMars
- 07:05 NowSun
- 08:05 NowVenus
- 09:05 NowMercury
- 10:05 NowMoon
- 11:05 NowSaturn
- 12:05 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:05 NowVenus
- 16:05 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:05 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:05 NowMars
- 21:05 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:05 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMoon
- 01:05 NowSaturn
- 02:05 NowJupiter
- 03:05 NowMars
- 04:05 NowSun
- 05:05 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 05:57 Aquarius
- 05:57 – 07:26 Pisces
- 07:26 – 09:04 Aries
- 09:04 – 11:01 Taurus
- 11:01 – 13:15 Gemini
- 13:15 – 15:33 Cancer
- 15:33 – 17:47 Leo
- 17:47 – 19:59 Virgo
- 19:59 – 22:16 Libra
- 22:16 – 00:33 next day Scorpio
- 00:33 – 02:38 next day Sagittarius
- 02:38 – 04:23 next day Capricorn
- 04:23 – 05:53 next day Aquarius
- 05:53 – 06:04 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