Varanasi panchang, 19 April 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:21 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:21- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:09
- 05:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Night
18:21 to 05:31 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:52 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 18:22
- Nakshatra Mula until 10:21 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Shiva until 00:52 next day
- Karana Gara until 05:49, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:49 Karana becomes Vanija
- 10:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 18:22 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 18:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:52 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
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. 04:03 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:21 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:08 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:45 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:21 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:45 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Char | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:44 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:08 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:36 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:53 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:17 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:17 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:56 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:44 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:36 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:20 Pisces
- 05:20 – 06:58 Aries
- 06:58 – 08:55 Taurus
- 08:55 – 11:09 Gemini
- 11:09 – 13:27 Cancer
- 13:27 – 15:41 Leo
- 15:41 – 17:54 Virgo
- 17:54 – 20:10 Libra
- 20:10 – 22:27 Scorpio
- 22:27 – 00:32 next day Sagittarius
- 00:32 – 02:17 next day Capricorn
- 02:17 – 03:48 next day Aquarius
- 03:48 – 05:16 next day Pisces
- 05:16 – 05:31 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