Varanasi panchang, 12 April 2025
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 17:53 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:39 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta 05:39 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:08
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:52 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 18:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 20:40
- Karana Vishti until 16:36, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 16:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 20:40 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:39 – 07:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:39 – 06:30
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:30 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 18:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:07 – 05:38 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. 04:08 – 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 18:18 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:39 – 07:14 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:14 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:39 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:39 NowVenus
- 10:39 NowMercury
- 11:39 NowMoon
- 12:39 NowSaturn
- 13:39 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:39 NowSun
- 16:39 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:39 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:39 NowMars
- 22:39 NowSun
- 23:39 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:39 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:39 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:19 Aquarius
- 04:19 – 05:47 Pisces
- 05:47 – 07:26 Aries
- 07:26 – 09:23 Taurus
- 09:23 – 11:37 Gemini
- 11:37 – 13:54 Cancer
- 13:54 – 16:08 Leo
- 16:08 – 18:21 Virgo
- 18:21 – 20:38 Libra
- 20:38 – 22:55 Scorpio
- 22:55 – 00:59 next day Sagittarius
- 00:59 – 02:44 next day Capricorn
- 02:44 – 04:15 next day Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:38 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