Varanasi panchang, 6 April 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 12:29 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:15
- 07:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:15 to 05:44 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 19:23
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:24 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 18:55
- Karana Balava until 07:20, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:55 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 19:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 19:23 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:15
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. 04:13 – 04:59
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 05:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:45 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:45 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:26 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:15 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:26 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:18 – 05:44 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
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:58 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:15 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
- 05:45 NowSun
- 06:45 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:45 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:45 NowVenus
- 14:45 NowMercury
- 15:45 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:45 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:45 NowSun
- 20:45 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:45 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 04:43 Aquarius
- 04:43 – 06:11 Pisces
- 06:11 – 07:49 Aries
- 07:49 – 09:46 Taurus
- 09:46 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:18 Cancer
- 14:18 – 16:32 Leo
- 16:32 – 18:45 Virgo
- 18:45 – 21:01 Libra
- 21:01 – 23:18 Scorpio
- 23:18 – 01:23 next day Sagittarius
- 01:23 – 03:08 next day Capricorn
- 03:08 – 04:39 next day Aquarius
- 04:39 – 05:44 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