Varanasi panchang, 30 March 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 06:15 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 18:12- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta 16:33 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam 16:40 – 18:12
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:35 Moon enters Aries
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:12 to 05:51 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 12:49
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 17:53
- Karana Bava until 12:49, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 12:49 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 12:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:35 Moon enters Aries
- 17:53 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 23:00 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:33 – 17:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:40 – 18:12
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:53 – 13:45 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. 04:19 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:35 – 05:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:25 – 08:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:57 – 10:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:30 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:40 – 18:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:12 – 19:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:39 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:29 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:29 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:56 – 04:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:24 – 05:51 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
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:54 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:57 NowMoon
- 09:59 NowSaturn
- 11:00 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:09 NowMoon
- 17:10 NowSaturn
- 18:12 NowJupiter
- 19:10 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:00 NowJupiter
- 01:58 NowMars
- 02:56 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:53 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:10 Aquarius
- 05:10 – 06:38 Pisces
- 06:38 – 08:17 Aries
- 08:17 – 10:14 Taurus
- 10:14 – 12:28 Gemini
- 12:28 – 14:45 Cancer
- 14:45 – 16:59 Leo
- 16:59 – 19:12 Virgo
- 19:12 – 21:29 Libra
- 21:29 – 23:46 Scorpio
- 23:46 – 01:50 next day Sagittarius
- 01:50 – 03:35 next day Capricorn
- 03:35 – 05:06 next day Aquarius
- 05:06 – 05:51 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