Varanasi panchang, 5 April 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 11:27 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta 06:36 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam 08:53 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:08
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 05:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:25 Moon enters Cancer
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 19:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 05:32 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 20:03
- Karana Vishti until 07:44, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 19:26 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:03 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 23:25 Moon enters Cancer
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:36 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:53 – 10:27
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
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. 04:14 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 19:26 – 05:45 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:53 | Good |
| Rog | 08:53 – 10:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:27 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Char | 12:00 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:41 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:15 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:52 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:19 – 05:45 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:48 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:53 NowSun
- 09:56 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 12:00 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:10 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:10 NowSaturn
- 21:07 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:00 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:46 Aquarius
- 04:46 – 06:15 Pisces
- 06:15 – 07:53 Aries
- 07:53 – 09:50 Taurus
- 09:50 – 12:04 Gemini
- 12:04 – 14:22 Cancer
- 14:22 – 16:36 Leo
- 16:36 – 18:49 Virgo
- 18:49 – 21:05 Libra
- 21:05 – 23:22 Scorpio
- 23:22 – 01:27 next day Sagittarius
- 01:27 – 03:12 next day Capricorn
- 03:12 – 04:43 next day Aquarius
- 04:43 – 05:45 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