Varanasi panchang, 8 April 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 14:25 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:51 – 10:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:42
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 21:13
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:55 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 18:10
- Karana Vanija until 08:32, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:55 Moon enters Leo
- 08:32 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:10 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 21:13 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:32 – 21:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:10 – 20:34
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. 04:11 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:16 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 07:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:43 – 07:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:43 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Char | 08:51 – 10:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:25 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:42 | Good |
| Rog | 16:42 – 18:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:16 – 19:42 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:42 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:25 – 02:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:50 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:51 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:02 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:11 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:16 NowSaturn
- 19:13 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:02 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:53 NowJupiter
- 02:50 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMars
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 04:35 Aquarius
- 04:35 – 06:03 Pisces
- 06:03 – 07:41 Aries
- 07:41 – 09:38 Taurus
- 09:38 – 11:52 Gemini
- 11:52 – 14:10 Cancer
- 14:10 – 16:24 Leo
- 16:24 – 18:37 Virgo
- 18:37 – 20:53 Libra
- 20:53 – 23:10 Scorpio
- 23:10 – 01:15 next day Sagittarius
- 01:15 – 03:00 next day Capricorn
- 03:00 – 04:31 next day Aquarius
- 04:31 – 05:42 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