Varanasi panchang, 28 April 2025
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 05:26 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:02 – 08:40
- Yamaganda 10:18 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta 14:57 – 15:49
- 11:05 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:25 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 21:11
- Nakshatra Bharani until 21:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 20:02
- Karana Kimstughna until 11:05, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 11:05 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:02 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 21:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 21:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 02:53 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:02 – 08:40
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:57 – 15:49
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
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:25 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:02 – 08:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:40 – 10:18 | Good |
| Rog | 10:18 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:10 – 16:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:48 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:48 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:48 – 21:10 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:24 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:40 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:55 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:29 NowJupiter
- 05:25 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:25 NowSun
- 10:25 NowVenus
- 11:25 NowMercury
- 12:25 NowMoon
- 13:25 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:25 NowMars
- 16:25 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:25 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:25 NowJupiter
- 22:25 NowMars
- 23:25 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:25 NowVenus
- 01:25 NowMercury
- 02:25 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:44 Pisces
- 04:44 – 06:23 Aries
- 06:23 – 08:20 Taurus
- 08:20 – 10:34 Gemini
- 10:34 – 12:51 Cancer
- 12:51 – 15:05 Leo
- 15:05 – 17:18 Virgo
- 17:18 – 19:35 Libra
- 19:35 – 21:52 Scorpio
- 21:52 – 23:56 Sagittarius
- 23:56 – 01:41 next day Capricorn
- 01:41 – 03:12 next day Aquarius
- 03:12 – 04:41 next day Pisces
- 04:41 – 05:24 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