Varanasi panchang, 29 March 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 05:38 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 18:12- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:53 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 05:53 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam 08:58 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:07
- 06:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:27 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
18:12 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 16:27
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 19:26 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 22:03
- Karana Chatushpada until 06:13, then Naga
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:13 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 16:27 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 19:26 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 22:03 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:53 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:53 – 06:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:58 – 10:30
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:07
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 19:26 – 05:52 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. 04:20 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:38 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:32
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:53 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:25 – 08:58 | Good |
| Rog | 08:58 – 10:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:30 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:07 – 16:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:39 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:12 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:39 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:29 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:29 – 02:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:57 – 04:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:25 – 05:52 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
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:56 NowMars
- 08:58 NowSun
- 09:59 NowVenus
- 11:01 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:04 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:07 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:10 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:10 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 01:00 NowMercury
- 01:59 NowMoon
- 02:57 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:53 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:53 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:53 NowMoon
- 12:53 NowSaturn
- 13:53 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:53 NowSun
- 16:53 NowVenus
- 17:53 NowMercury
- 18:53 NowMoon
- 19:53 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:53 NowMars
- 22:53 NowSun
- 23:53 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:53 NowMoon
- 02:53 NowSaturn
- 03:53 NowJupiter
- 04:53 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:14 Aquarius
- 05:14 – 06:42 Pisces
- 06:42 – 08:21 Aries
- 08:21 – 10:18 Taurus
- 10:18 – 12:32 Gemini
- 12:32 – 14:49 Cancer
- 14:49 – 17:03 Leo
- 17:03 – 19:16 Virgo
- 19:16 – 21:33 Libra
- 21:33 – 23:50 Scorpio
- 23:50 – 01:54 next day Sagittarius
- 01:54 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 05:10 next day Aquarius
- 05:10 – 05:52 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