Varanasi panchang, 21 April 2025
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 00:57 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:07 – 08:43
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:48
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 18:59
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 12:37 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:00
- Karana Balava until 07:05, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:05 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 18:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 18:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 23:00 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:48
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:31 – 06:29
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 14:15
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. 04:01 – 04:46
- 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 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 05:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:15 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:31 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:07 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:43 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:09 – 16:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:46 – 18:22 | Good |
| Char | 18:22 – 19:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:43 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:06 – 05:30 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:43 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:52 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:13 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:52 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:43 NowMoon
- 03:38 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:31 NowMoon
- 06:31 NowSaturn
- 07:31 NowJupiter
- 08:31 NowMars
- 09:31 NowSun
- 10:31 NowVenus
- 11:31 NowMercury
- 12:31 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:31 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:31 NowMars
- 23:31 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:31 NowVenus
- 01:31 NowMercury
- 02:31 NowMoon
- 03:31 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:12 Pisces
- 05:12 – 06:50 Aries
- 06:50 – 08:47 Taurus
- 08:47 – 11:01 Gemini
- 11:01 – 13:19 Cancer
- 13:19 – 15:33 Leo
- 15:33 – 17:46 Virgo
- 17:46 – 20:02 Libra
- 20:02 – 22:19 Scorpio
- 22:19 – 00:24 next day Sagittarius
- 00:24 – 02:09 next day Capricorn
- 02:09 – 03:40 next day Aquarius
- 03:40 – 05:08 next day Pisces
- 05:08 – 05:30 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