Varanasi panchang, 13 April 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 18:44 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:18- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:08 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta 16:37 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam 16:43 – 18:18
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:39 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:18 to 05:37 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:39 Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 05:52
- Nakshatra Chitra until 21:10 · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 21:39
- Karana Bava until 05:52, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 05:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:39 Moon enters Libra
- 19:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:10 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 21:39 Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:37 – 17:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:43 – 18:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:39 – 22:51
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. 04:07 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:38 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:13 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Rog | 15:08 – 16:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:43 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Char | 21:08 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:41 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:08 NowMercury
- 16:12 NowMoon
- 17:15 NowSaturn
- 18:18 NowJupiter
- 19:15 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:08 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:54 NowJupiter
- 01:51 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:38 NowSaturn
- 10:38 NowJupiter
- 11:38 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:38 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:38 NowMoon
- 16:38 NowSaturn
- 17:38 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:38 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:38 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:38 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:38 NowJupiter
- 01:38 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:38 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:15 Aquarius
- 04:15 – 05:43 Pisces
- 05:43 – 07:22 Aries
- 07:22 – 09:19 Taurus
- 09:19 – 11:33 Gemini
- 11:33 – 13:50 Cancer
- 13:50 – 16:04 Leo
- 16:04 – 18:17 Virgo
- 18:17 – 20:34 Libra
- 20:34 – 22:51 Scorpio
- 22:51 – 00:55 next day Sagittarius
- 00:55 – 02:40 next day Capricorn
- 02:40 – 04:11 next day Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:37 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