Varanasi panchang, 31 March 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 06:54 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 18:13- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:24 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:44
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:13 to 05:50 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 09:11
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 13:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 13:45
- Karana Kaulava until 09:11, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 13:45 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 19:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:42 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 05:42 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:24 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:45 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:44
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. 04:18 – 05:04
- 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 18:13 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:45 – 13:59
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:51 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:24 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:56 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:40 – 18:13 | Good |
| Char | 18:13 – 19:40 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:40 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:28 – 02:56 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:56 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:50 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
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:55 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:58 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:07 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:03 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:58 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:51 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:51 NowMercury
- 12:51 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:51 NowMars
- 16:51 NowSun
- 17:51 NowVenus
- 18:51 NowMercury
- 19:51 NowMoon
- 20:51 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:51 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:51 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 05:06 Aquarius
- 05:06 – 06:35 Pisces
- 06:35 – 08:13 Aries
- 08:13 – 10:10 Taurus
- 10:10 – 12:24 Gemini
- 12:24 – 14:42 Cancer
- 14:42 – 16:55 Leo
- 16:55 – 19:08 Virgo
- 19:08 – 21:25 Libra
- 21:25 – 23:42 Scorpio
- 23:42 – 01:47 next day Sagittarius
- 01:47 – 03:31 next day Capricorn
- 03:31 – 05:02 next day Aquarius
- 05:02 – 05:50 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