Varanasi panchang, 2 April 2025
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 08:28 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:22 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:34
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:13 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 23:50
- Nakshatra Krittika until 08:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 06:07
- Karana Bava until 13:07, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 06:07 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 08:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 13:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:34
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. 04:16 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 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 05:49 – 08:49
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:49 – 08:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 08:49
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:49 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:49 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:22 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Char | 15:07 – 16:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:40 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:40 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:54 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:21 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:51 NowMoon
- 07:53 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:57 NowMars
- 10:59 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:07 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:59 NowSun
- 01:56 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:52 NowMoon
- 04:50 NowSaturn
- 05:49 NowMercury
- 06:49 NowMoon
- 07:49 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:49 NowMercury
- 13:49 NowMoon
- 14:49 NowSaturn
- 15:49 NowJupiter
- 16:49 NowMars
- 17:49 NowSun
- 18:49 NowVenus
- 19:49 NowMercury
- 20:49 NowMoon
- 21:49 NowSaturn
- 22:49 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:49 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:58 Aquarius
- 04:58 – 06:27 Pisces
- 06:27 – 08:05 Aries
- 08:05 – 10:02 Taurus
- 10:02 – 12:16 Gemini
- 12:16 – 14:34 Cancer
- 14:34 – 16:48 Leo
- 16:48 – 19:00 Virgo
- 19:00 – 21:17 Libra
- 21:17 – 23:34 Scorpio
- 23:34 – 01:39 next day Sagittarius
- 01:39 – 03:24 next day Capricorn
- 03:24 – 04:54 next day Aquarius
- 04:54 – 05:48 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