Varanasi panchang, 20 April 2025
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 00:10 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:22- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:39 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:22
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
Night
18:22 to 05:31 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 19:01
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 11:48 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 00:12 next day
- Karana Vishti until 06:46, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:46 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:48 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 18:04 Moon enters Capricorn
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 19:01 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:12 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:39 – 17:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:22
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. 04:02 – 04:47
- 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 18:22 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:31 – 11:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:48 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:31 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:08 – 08:44 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:44 – 10:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:20 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:22 – 19:45 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:43 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:07 – 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
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:44 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:17 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:31 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:31 NowMoon
- 09:31 NowSaturn
- 10:31 NowJupiter
- 11:31 NowMars
- 12:31 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:31 NowMoon
- 16:31 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:31 NowMoon
- 23:31 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:31 NowJupiter
- 01:31 NowMars
- 02:31 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:16 Pisces
- 05:16 – 06:54 Aries
- 06:54 – 08:51 Taurus
- 08:51 – 11:05 Gemini
- 11:05 – 13:23 Cancer
- 13:23 – 15:37 Leo
- 15:37 – 17:50 Virgo
- 17:50 – 20:06 Libra
- 20:06 – 22:23 Scorpio
- 22:23 – 00:28 next day Sagittarius
- 00:28 – 02:13 next day Capricorn
- 02:13 – 03:44 next day Aquarius
- 03:44 – 05:12 next day Pisces
- 05:12 – 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