Varanasi panchang, 3 April 2025
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 09:24 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 18:14- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:48 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam 08:54 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 09:57 – 10:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:41 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:14 to 05:47 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 21:41
- Nakshatra Rohini until 07:02 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:01 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 10:41, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:02 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 10:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:21 Moon enters Gemini
- 21:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:01 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:48 – 07:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:54 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:57 – 10:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:48 – 07:02
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:02 – 05:47 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. 04:15 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:14 – 20:32
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:02 – 05:47 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:48 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:21 – 08:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:54 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 12:01 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:01 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:07 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:41 – 18:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:14 – 19:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:40 – 21:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:27 – 02:54 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:54 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:20 – 05:47 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
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:52 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:59 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:07 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:12 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:12 NowSaturn
- 20:09 NowJupiter
- 21:07 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:58 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:49 NowSun
- 05:48 NowJupiter
- 06:48 NowMars
- 07:48 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:48 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:48 NowJupiter
- 13:48 NowMars
- 14:48 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:48 NowMercury
- 17:48 NowMoon
- 18:48 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:48 NowMars
- 21:48 NowSun
- 22:48 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:48 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:54 Aquarius
- 04:54 – 06:23 Pisces
- 06:23 – 08:01 Aries
- 08:01 – 09:58 Taurus
- 09:58 – 12:12 Gemini
- 12:12 – 14:30 Cancer
- 14:30 – 16:44 Leo
- 16:44 – 18:57 Virgo
- 18:57 – 21:13 Libra
- 21:13 – 23:30 Scorpio
- 23:30 – 01:35 next day Sagittarius
- 01:35 – 03:20 next day Capricorn
- 03:20 – 04:50 next day Aquarius
- 04:50 – 05:47 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