Varanasi panchang, 11 April 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 17:02 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:17- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:15 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:08 – 16:43
- 14:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Night
18:17 to 05:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 15:10 · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 19:45
- Karana Gara until 14:10, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 14:10 Karana becomes Vanija
- 15:10 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 19:45 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:45 – 23:21
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 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 05:40 – 15:10
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:40 – 07:15 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:15 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:59 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:08 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Char | 16:43 – 18:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:17 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:14 – 05:39 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
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 11:59 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:14 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:14 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:42 NowMoon
- 05:40 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMercury
- 07:40 NowMoon
- 08:40 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:40 NowMars
- 11:40 NowSun
- 12:40 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:40 NowMoon
- 15:40 NowSaturn
- 16:40 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:40 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:40 NowSaturn
- 23:40 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:40 NowMercury
- 04:40 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:23 Aquarius
- 04:23 – 05:51 Pisces
- 05:51 – 07:30 Aries
- 07:30 – 09:27 Taurus
- 09:27 – 11:41 Gemini
- 11:41 – 13:58 Cancer
- 13:58 – 16:12 Leo
- 16:12 – 18:25 Virgo
- 18:25 – 20:42 Libra
- 20:42 – 22:59 Scorpio
- 22:59 – 01:03 next day Sagittarius
- 01:03 – 02:48 next day Capricorn
- 02:48 – 04:19 next day Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:39 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