Varanasi panchang, 26 April 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 04:06 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:24- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:18
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:10
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:10
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:24 to 05:26 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:38 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:50 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 08:28
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 06:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 08:41
- Karana Vanija until 08:28, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:27 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 08:28 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 08:28 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:41 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 18:41 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 03:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 03:38 next day Moon enters Aries
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Priti
- 04:50 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:50 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:30 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:10
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:28 – 18:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:18
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:41 – 09:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:27 – 03:38 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. 03:58 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:28 – 04:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:04 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:47 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:24 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:47 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 04:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:03 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:36 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:10 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:30 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:52 Pisces
- 04:52 – 06:31 Aries
- 06:31 – 08:28 Taurus
- 08:28 – 10:42 Gemini
- 10:42 – 12:59 Cancer
- 12:59 – 15:13 Leo
- 15:13 – 17:26 Virgo
- 17:26 – 19:43 Libra
- 19:43 – 22:00 Scorpio
- 22:00 – 00:04 next day Sagittarius
- 00:04 – 01:49 next day Capricorn
- 01:49 – 03:20 next day Aquarius
- 03:20 – 04:48 next day Pisces
- 04:48 – 05:26 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