Varanasi panchang, 15 April 2025
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 20:32 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Gulika Kalam 11:58 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:08 – 16:44
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:19 to 05:35 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 10:56
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 03:10 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 23:32
- Karana Gara until 10:56, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:56 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 10:56 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:27 Moon enters Scorpio
- 23:32 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 00:08 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:10 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:08 – 16:44
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:32 – 00:18 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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 10:56 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Char | 08:47 – 10:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:22 – 11:58 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:08 – 16:44 | Good |
| Rog | 16:44 – 18:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:19 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:46 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:58 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:08 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:16 NowMoon
- 18:19 NowSaturn
- 19:16 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:08 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:46 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:07 Aquarius
- 04:07 – 05:36 Pisces
- 05:36 – 07:14 Aries
- 07:14 – 09:11 Taurus
- 09:11 – 11:25 Gemini
- 11:25 – 13:43 Cancer
- 13:43 – 15:57 Leo
- 15:57 – 18:09 Virgo
- 18:09 – 20:26 Libra
- 20:26 – 22:43 Scorpio
- 22:43 – 00:48 next day Sagittarius
- 00:48 – 02:32 next day Capricorn
- 02:32 – 04:03 next day Aquarius
- 04:03 – 05:32 next day Pisces
- 05:32 – 05:35 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