Varanasi panchang, 23 March 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 01:26 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 18:09- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta 16:32 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam 16:38 – 18:09
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
Night
18:09 to 05:58 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:24 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 05:38 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 04:18 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Variyan until 17:58
- Karana Taitila until 17:37, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:18 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 05:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 05:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:32 – 17:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:38 – 18:09
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:58 – 05:21 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. 04:25 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:09 – 20:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:18 – 05:58 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:59 – 07:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:31 – 09:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:02 – 10:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:33 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:38 – 18:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:09 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:38 – 21:06 | Good |
| Char | 21:06 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:32 – 03:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:01 – 04:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:30 – 05:58 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
- 05:59 NowSun
- 07:00 NowVenus
- 08:01 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:05 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:07 NowMoon
- 17:08 NowSaturn
- 18:09 NowJupiter
- 19:08 NowMars
- 20:07 NowSun
- 21:06 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:05 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:01 NowSun
- 04:00 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 05:59 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:59 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:59 NowSun
- 13:59 NowVenus
- 14:59 NowMercury
- 15:59 NowMoon
- 16:59 NowSaturn
- 17:59 NowJupiter
- 18:59 NowMars
- 19:59 NowSun
- 20:59 NowVenus
- 21:59 NowMercury
- 22:59 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:59 NowJupiter
- 01:59 NowMars
- 02:59 NowSun
- 03:59 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 05:38 Aquarius
- 05:38 – 07:06 Pisces
- 07:06 – 08:44 Aries
- 08:44 – 10:41 Taurus
- 10:41 – 12:55 Gemini
- 12:55 – 15:13 Cancer
- 15:13 – 17:27 Leo
- 17:27 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 21:56 Libra
- 21:56 – 00:13 next day Scorpio
- 00:13 – 02:18 next day Sagittarius
- 02:18 – 04:03 next day Capricorn
- 04:03 – 05:34 next day Aquarius
- 05:34 – 05:58 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