Varanasi panchang, 1 April 2025
Sunrise 05:50 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 07:38 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:50 to 18:13- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:08
- Yamaganda 08:56 – 10:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:07 – 16:40
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:30 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:13 to 05:49 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 02:32 next day
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vishkambha until 09:47
- Karana Vanija until 16:04, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Priti
- 11:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 16:04 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:30 Moon enters Taurus
- 02:32 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 02:32 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:40
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. 04:17 – 05:04
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:06 – 05:49 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:06 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:50 – 07:23 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:23 – 08:56 | Bad |
| Char | 08:56 – 10:29 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:29 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:07 – 16:40 | Good |
| Rog | 16:40 – 18:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:13 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:40 – 21:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:28 – 02:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:55 – 04:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:22 – 05:49 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
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:52 NowSun
- 07:54 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:58 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:07 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:11 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:11 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:07 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:59 NowSaturn
- 01:57 NowJupiter
- 02:55 NowMars
- 03:53 NowSun
- 04:51 NowVenus
- 05:50 NowMars
- 06:50 NowSun
- 07:50 NowVenus
- 08:50 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:50 NowVenus
- 15:50 NowMercury
- 16:50 NowMoon
- 17:50 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:50 NowMars
- 20:50 NowSun
- 21:50 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:50 NowSun
- 04:50 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:02 Aquarius
- 05:02 – 06:31 Pisces
- 06:31 – 08:09 Aries
- 08:09 – 10:06 Taurus
- 10:06 – 12:20 Gemini
- 12:20 – 14:38 Cancer
- 14:38 – 16:52 Leo
- 16:52 – 19:04 Virgo
- 19:04 – 21:21 Libra
- 21:21 – 23:38 Scorpio
- 23:38 – 01:43 next day Sagittarius
- 01:43 – 03:27 next day Capricorn
- 03:27 – 04:58 next day Aquarius
- 04:58 – 05:49 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