Varanasi panchang, 24 April 2025
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 02:55 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:23- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:28 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam 08:42 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:47 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:48
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:55 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
18:23 to 05:27 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 14:32
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 10:49 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 15:55
- Karana Balava until 14:32, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:49 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 14:32 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:55 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:47 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:48
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. 03:59 – 04:44
- 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
| Shubh | 05:28 – 07:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:05 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:42 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:10 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:23 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:46 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:04 – 05:27 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
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:33 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:42 NowVenus
- 09:47 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:28 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 05:00 Pisces
- 05:00 – 06:38 Aries
- 06:38 – 08:36 Taurus
- 08:36 – 10:49 Gemini
- 10:49 – 13:07 Cancer
- 13:07 – 15:21 Leo
- 15:21 – 17:34 Virgo
- 17:34 – 19:50 Libra
- 19:50 – 22:07 Scorpio
- 22:07 – 00:12 next day Sagittarius
- 00:12 – 01:57 next day Capricorn
- 01:57 – 03:28 next day Aquarius
- 03:28 – 04:56 next day Pisces
- 04:56 – 05:27 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