Varanasi panchang, 27 April 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 04:44 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 18:25- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam 16:48 – 18:25
- 14:56 Karana becomes Naga
Night
18:25 to 05:25 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:01 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 00:38 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 00:19 next day
- Karana Chatushpada until 14:56, then Naga
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:56 Karana becomes Naga
- 00:19 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 00:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:01 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:48 – 18:25
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 00:38 – 05:25 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. 03:57 – 04:41
- 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 18:25 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:26 – 00:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:26 – 07:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:03 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:48 – 18:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:25 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 04:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:02 – 05:25 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 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:45 NowSaturn
- 10:50 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:15 NowMoon
- 17:20 NowSaturn
- 18:25 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:15 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:50 NowJupiter
- 01:45 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:26 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:26 NowMoon
- 09:26 NowSaturn
- 10:26 NowJupiter
- 11:26 NowMars
- 12:26 NowSun
- 13:26 NowVenus
- 14:26 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:26 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:26 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:26 NowMoon
- 23:26 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:26 NowJupiter
- 01:26 NowMars
- 02:26 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:26 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:48 Pisces
- 04:48 – 06:27 Aries
- 06:27 – 08:24 Taurus
- 08:24 – 10:38 Gemini
- 10:38 – 12:55 Cancer
- 12:55 – 15:09 Leo
- 15:09 – 17:22 Virgo
- 17:22 – 19:39 Libra
- 19:39 – 21:56 Scorpio
- 21:56 – 00:00 next day Sagittarius
- 00:00 – 01:45 next day Capricorn
- 01:45 – 03:16 next day Aquarius
- 03:16 – 04:44 next day Pisces
- 04:44 – 05:25 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