Varanasi panchang, 25 February 2028
Sunrise 06:26 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 06:08 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:26 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:52 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta 08:44 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:44 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:03 – 16:30
- 16:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:07 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:56 to 06:25 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:07
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:08 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shiva until 20:45
- Karana Naga until 16:07, then Kimstughna
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 16:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:07 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 20:45 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 05:25 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:52 – 09:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:44 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:44 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:03 – 16:30
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. 04:46 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:26
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 16:07 – 06:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:26 – 07:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:52 – 09:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:18 – 10:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:44 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:03 – 16:30 | Bad |
| Char | 16:30 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:29 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:29 – 21:03 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:03 – 22:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:37 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:44 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:18 – 04:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:51 – 06:25 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
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:21 NowMoon
- 09:18 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:08 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:03 NowMoon
- 16:01 NowSaturn
- 16:58 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:58 NowSun
- 20:01 NowVenus
- 21:03 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:08 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:15 NowSun
- 03:18 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowMoon
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 05:52 Capricorn
- 05:52 – 07:23 Aquarius
- 07:23 – 08:51 Pisces
- 08:51 – 10:29 Aries
- 10:29 – 12:27 Taurus
- 12:27 – 14:41 Gemini
- 14:41 – 16:58 Cancer
- 16:58 – 19:12 Leo
- 19:12 – 21:25 Virgo
- 21:25 – 23:42 Libra
- 23:42 – 01:59 next day Scorpio
- 01:59 – 04:03 next day Sagittarius
- 04:03 – 05:48 next day Capricorn
- 05:48 – 06:25 next day Aquarius
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