Varanasi panchang, 24 March 2025
Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 18:09 Moonrise 02:17 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:58 to 18:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 10:33 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:54 – 15:43
- 10:24 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:09 to 05:57 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:09 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:23 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 05:05 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 04:26 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Parigha until 16:44
- Karana Vanija until 17:28, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:24 Moon enters Capricorn
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 17:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:26 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 05:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 05:05 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:30 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:33 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:54 – 15:43
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:58 – 22:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:29 – 05:57 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. 04:24 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:28
- 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 04:26 – 05:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:58 – 07:30 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:30 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:01 – 10:33 | Good |
| Rog | 10:33 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:38 – 18:09 | Good |
| Char | 18:09 – 19:38 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:38 – 21:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:06 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:32 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:29 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:29 – 05:57 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 08:00 NowJupiter
- 09:01 NowMars
- 10:02 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:05 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:07 NowMoon
- 21:06 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 01:02 NowVenus
- 02:01 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
- 05:58 NowMoon
- 06:58 NowSaturn
- 07:58 NowJupiter
- 08:58 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 12:58 NowMoon
- 13:58 NowSaturn
- 14:58 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:58 NowSun
- 17:58 NowVenus
- 18:58 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:58 NowSaturn
- 21:58 NowJupiter
- 22:58 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:58 NowMoon
- 03:58 NowSaturn
- 04:58 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:24 – 05:34 Aquarius
- 05:34 – 07:02 Pisces
- 07:02 – 08:40 Aries
- 08:40 – 10:37 Taurus
- 10:37 – 12:51 Gemini
- 12:51 – 15:09 Cancer
- 15:09 – 17:23 Leo
- 17:23 – 19:36 Virgo
- 19:36 – 21:52 Libra
- 21:52 – 00:09 next day Scorpio
- 00:09 – 02:14 next day Sagittarius
- 02:14 – 03:59 next day Capricorn
- 03:59 – 05:30 next day Aquarius
- 05:30 – 05:57 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