Varanasi panchang, 20 March 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 18:08 Moonrise 23:35 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 18:08- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:03 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam 09:04 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta 10:04 – 10:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:08 to 06:01 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:14 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:45 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 23:31 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vajra until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 13:44, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 13:44 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 23:31 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 02:45 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:03 – 07:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:04 – 10:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:04 – 10:53
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
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. 04:27 – 05:15
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:41 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:08 – 20:30
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:03 – 23:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:31 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:03 – 07:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:33 – 09:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:04 – 10:34 | Bad |
| Char | 10:34 – 12:05 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:05 – 13:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:36 – 15:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:37 – 18:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:08 – 19:37 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:37 – 21:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 00:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:05 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:34 – 03:03 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:03 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:32 – 06:01 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
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:04 NowVenus
- 10:04 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 12:05 NowSaturn
- 13:06 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:06 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:07 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:07 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:06 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:05 NowMercury
- 01:04 NowMoon
- 02:04 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:02 NowSun
- 06:03 NowJupiter
- 07:03 NowMars
- 08:03 NowSun
- 09:03 NowVenus
- 10:03 NowMercury
- 11:03 NowMoon
- 12:03 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:03 NowMars
- 15:03 NowSun
- 16:03 NowVenus
- 17:03 NowMercury
- 18:03 NowMoon
- 19:03 NowSaturn
- 20:03 NowJupiter
- 21:03 NowMars
- 22:03 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 01:03 NowMoon
- 02:03 NowSaturn
- 03:03 NowJupiter
- 04:03 NowMars
- 05:03 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 05:49 Aquarius
- 05:49 – 07:18 Pisces
- 07:18 – 08:56 Aries
- 08:56 – 10:53 Taurus
- 10:53 – 13:07 Gemini
- 13:07 – 15:25 Cancer
- 15:25 – 17:39 Leo
- 17:39 – 19:52 Virgo
- 19:52 – 22:08 Libra
- 22:08 – 00:25 next day Scorpio
- 00:25 – 02:30 next day Sagittarius
- 02:30 – 04:15 next day Capricorn
- 04:15 – 05:45 next day Aquarius
- 05:45 – 06:01 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