Varanasi panchang, 22 April 2025
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 01:40 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:23- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:56
- Yamaganda 08:43 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:46
- 06:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:44 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:23 to 05:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:31 next day Moon enters Aquarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 18:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:44 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 21:13
- Karana Taitila until 06:41, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:41 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:44 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 18:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 00:31 next day Moon enters Aquarius
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:56
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:46
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:44 – 05:29 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. 04:01 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:30 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:06 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Char | 08:43 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:23 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:42 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:06 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:39 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:52 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:23 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:38 NowSun
- 04:33 NowVenus
- 05:30 NowMars
- 06:30 NowSun
- 07:30 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:30 NowMoon
- 10:30 NowSaturn
- 11:30 NowJupiter
- 12:30 NowMars
- 13:30 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:30 NowMercury
- 16:30 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:30 NowVenus
- 22:30 NowMercury
- 23:30 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSaturn
- 01:30 NowJupiter
- 02:30 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:30 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:08 Pisces
- 05:08 – 06:46 Aries
- 06:46 – 08:43 Taurus
- 08:43 – 10:57 Gemini
- 10:57 – 13:15 Cancer
- 13:15 – 15:29 Leo
- 15:29 – 17:42 Virgo
- 17:42 – 19:58 Libra
- 19:58 – 22:15 Scorpio
- 22:15 – 00:20 next day Sagittarius
- 00:20 – 02:05 next day Capricorn
- 02:05 – 03:36 next day Aquarius
- 03:36 – 05:04 next day Pisces
- 05:04 – 05:29 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