Varanasi panchang, 14 April 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 19:37 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:19- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:12 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:46
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:19 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 08:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 00:13 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 22:38
- Karana Kaulava until 08:25, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 08:25 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:38 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 00:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:46
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 – 04:52
- 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 18:19 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:37 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:12 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:44 – 18:19 | Good |
| Char | 18:19 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:36 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:41 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:51 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:19 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:12 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:57 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:37 NowMars
- 09:37 NowSun
- 10:37 NowVenus
- 11:37 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:37 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:37 NowMars
- 16:37 NowSun
- 17:37 NowVenus
- 18:37 NowMercury
- 19:37 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:37 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:37 NowVenus
- 01:37 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:37 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:11 Aquarius
- 04:11 – 05:39 Pisces
- 05:39 – 07:18 Aries
- 07:18 – 09:15 Taurus
- 09:15 – 11:29 Gemini
- 11:29 – 13:47 Cancer
- 13:47 – 16:00 Leo
- 16:00 – 18:13 Virgo
- 18:13 – 20:30 Libra
- 20:30 – 22:47 Scorpio
- 22:47 – 00:51 next day Sagittarius
- 00:51 – 02:36 next day Capricorn
- 02:36 – 04:07 next day Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:36 next day Pisces
- 05:36 – 05:36 next day Aries
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