Varanasi panchang, 23 April 2025
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 02:19 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:06 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- 05:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 16:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 12:07 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 18:51
- Karana Vanija until 05:34, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:07 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 16:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 16:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:34 – 16:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:30 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:29 – 12:07
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 14:37 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:38 – 15:36
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. 04:00 – 04:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
| Labh | 05:29 – 07:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:06 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:46 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:14 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:14 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:46 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowMercury
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:04 Pisces
- 05:04 – 06:42 Aries
- 06:42 – 08:40 Taurus
- 08:40 – 10:53 Gemini
- 10:53 – 13:11 Cancer
- 13:11 – 15:25 Leo
- 15:25 – 17:38 Virgo
- 17:38 – 19:54 Libra
- 19:54 – 22:11 Scorpio
- 22:11 – 00:16 next day Sagittarius
- 00:16 – 02:01 next day Capricorn
- 02:01 – 03:32 next day Aquarius
- 03:32 – 05:00 next day Pisces
- 05:00 – 05:28 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