Varanasi panchang, 26 March 2025
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 18:10 Moonrise 03:46 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 18:10- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:28 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:35
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Aquarius
Night
18:10 to 05:55 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:10 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 01:43 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 02:29 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddha until 12:25
- Karana Kaulava until 14:49, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:25 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 14:49 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:14 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:43 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 01:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:28 – 09:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:35
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:56 – 02:29 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. 04:22 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:10 – 20:31
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:56 – 01:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:56 – 07:28 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:28 – 09:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:00 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:32 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:10 – 19:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:38 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:59 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:27 – 05:55 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
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 11:02 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:04 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 01:02 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 02:59 NowMercury
- 03:58 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
- 05:56 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowMoon
- 07:56 NowSaturn
- 08:56 NowJupiter
- 09:56 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:56 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:56 NowMars
- 17:56 NowSun
- 18:56 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:56 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:56 NowMercury
- 03:56 NowMoon
- 04:56 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:26 Aquarius
- 05:26 – 06:54 Pisces
- 06:54 – 08:32 Aries
- 08:32 – 10:30 Taurus
- 10:30 – 12:43 Gemini
- 12:43 – 15:01 Cancer
- 15:01 – 17:15 Leo
- 17:15 – 19:28 Virgo
- 19:28 – 21:44 Libra
- 21:44 – 00:01 next day Scorpio
- 00:01 – 02:06 next day Sagittarius
- 02:06 – 03:51 next day Capricorn
- 03:51 – 05:22 next day Aquarius
- 05:22 – 05:55 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