Varanasi panchang, 16 April 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 21:28 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:20- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:11 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 13:17
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:18 next day
- Karana Vishti until 13:17, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 13:17 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:18 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
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. 04:05 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:20 – 20:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:35 – 05:34 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:35 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:11 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:44 – 18:20 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:20 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:44 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:10 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:39 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:16 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:16 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:35 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:35 NowMars
- 10:35 NowSun
- 11:35 NowVenus
- 12:35 NowMercury
- 13:35 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:35 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:35 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:35 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:35 NowSaturn
- 22:35 NowJupiter
- 23:35 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:35 NowSun
- 01:35 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:35 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:32 Pisces
- 05:32 – 07:10 Aries
- 07:10 – 09:07 Taurus
- 09:07 – 11:21 Gemini
- 11:21 – 13:39 Cancer
- 13:39 – 15:53 Leo
- 15:53 – 18:05 Virgo
- 18:05 – 20:22 Libra
- 20:22 – 22:39 Scorpio
- 22:39 – 00:44 next day Sagittarius
- 00:44 – 02:29 next day Capricorn
- 02:29 – 03:59 next day Aquarius
- 03:59 – 05:28 next day Pisces
- 05:28 – 05:34 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