Varanasi panchang, 17 April 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 22:24 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:34 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 05:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:20 to 05:33 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:23
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 05:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 00:50 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:23, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 15:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:23 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:50 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
- 04:19 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:34 – 07:10
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:50 – 12:56 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. 04:04 – 04:49
- 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 18:20 – 20:35
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:34 – 05:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:23 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:34 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:10 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Char | 10:21 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMoon
- 01:49 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:34 NowJupiter
- 06:34 NowMars
- 07:34 NowSun
- 08:34 NowVenus
- 09:34 NowMercury
- 10:34 NowMoon
- 11:34 NowSaturn
- 12:34 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:34 NowSun
- 15:34 NowVenus
- 16:34 NowMercury
- 17:34 NowMoon
- 18:34 NowSaturn
- 19:34 NowJupiter
- 20:34 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:34 NowVenus
- 23:34 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMoon
- 01:34 NowSaturn
- 02:34 NowJupiter
- 03:34 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:28 Pisces
- 05:28 – 07:06 Aries
- 07:06 – 09:03 Taurus
- 09:03 – 11:17 Gemini
- 11:17 – 13:35 Cancer
- 13:35 – 15:49 Leo
- 15:49 – 18:02 Virgo
- 18:02 – 20:18 Libra
- 20:18 – 22:35 Scorpio
- 22:35 – 00:40 next day Sagittarius
- 00:40 – 02:25 next day Capricorn
- 02:25 – 03:55 next day Aquarius
- 03:55 – 05:24 next day Pisces
- 05:24 – 05:33 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