Varanasi panchang, 10 April 2025
Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 16:11 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:41 to 18:17- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:41 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:53 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 11:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:17 to 05:40 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:01 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:24 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:58
- Karana Kaulava until 11:56, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 11:56 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:24 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 18:58 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:04 Moon enters Virgo
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:41 – 07:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:53 – 10:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 12:24 – 05:40 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. 04:10 – 04:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:24 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:41 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:15 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:17 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:42 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:40 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
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:53 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:17 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:41 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 04:27 Aquarius
- 04:27 – 05:55 Pisces
- 05:55 – 07:33 Aries
- 07:33 – 09:31 Taurus
- 09:31 – 11:45 Gemini
- 11:45 – 14:02 Cancer
- 14:02 – 16:16 Leo
- 16:16 – 18:29 Virgo
- 18:29 – 20:46 Libra
- 20:46 – 23:02 Scorpio
- 23:02 – 01:07 next day Sagittarius
- 01:07 – 02:52 next day Capricorn
- 02:52 – 04:23 next day Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:40 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