Varanasi panchang, 21 March 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 18:08 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 18:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:32 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta 08:27 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam 10:34 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:17
- Yamaganda 15:06 – 16:37
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:08 to 06:00 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:08 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:25 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:24 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 01:45 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddhi until 18:41
- Karana Vishti until 15:39, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:39 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:45 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 01:45 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 09:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:27 – 09:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:06 – 16:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:41 – 18:36 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:01 – 01:45 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. 04:26 – 05:14
- 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 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:01 – 01:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:01 – 07:32 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:32 – 09:03 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:03 – 10:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:34 – 12:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:05 – 13:36 | Good |
| Rog | 13:36 – 15:06 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:06 – 16:37 | Bad |
| Char | 16:37 – 18:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:08 – 19:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:37 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:06 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:33 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:31 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:31 – 06:00 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
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:03 NowMoon
- 09:03 NowSaturn
- 10:04 NowJupiter
- 11:04 NowMars
- 12:05 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:06 NowMoon
- 16:07 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:08 NowMars
- 19:07 NowSun
- 20:07 NowVenus
- 21:06 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 01:04 NowMars
- 02:03 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
- 06:01 NowVenus
- 07:01 NowMercury
- 08:01 NowMoon
- 09:01 NowSaturn
- 10:01 NowJupiter
- 11:01 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:01 NowMercury
- 15:01 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 17:01 NowJupiter
- 18:01 NowMars
- 19:01 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:01 NowMercury
- 22:01 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 01:01 NowMars
- 02:01 NowSun
- 03:01 NowVenus
- 04:01 NowMercury
- 05:01 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:26 – 05:45 Aquarius
- 05:45 – 07:14 Pisces
- 07:14 – 08:52 Aries
- 08:52 – 10:49 Taurus
- 10:49 – 13:03 Gemini
- 13:03 – 15:21 Cancer
- 15:21 – 17:35 Leo
- 17:35 – 19:48 Virgo
- 19:48 – 22:04 Libra
- 22:04 – 00:21 next day Scorpio
- 00:21 – 02:26 next day Sagittarius
- 02:26 – 04:11 next day Capricorn
- 04:11 – 05:42 next day Aquarius
- 05:42 – 06:00 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