Varanasi panchang, 29 April 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 06:14 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:26- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 08:39 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:48
- 07:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:26 to 05:23 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 17:31
- Nakshatra Krittika until 18:47 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:53
- Karana Balava until 07:19, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:53 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 17:31 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 17:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:47 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 03:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:48
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. 03:56 – 04:40
- 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 18:26 – 20:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:24 – 18:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:31 – 05:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:24 – 07:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:02 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Char | 08:39 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:26 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:39 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:39 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:01 – 05:23 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
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:29 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:39 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:50 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:21 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:21 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:44 NowJupiter
- 02:39 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:28 NowVenus
- 05:24 NowMars
- 06:24 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:24 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:24 NowSaturn
- 11:24 NowJupiter
- 12:24 NowMars
- 13:24 NowSun
- 14:24 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:24 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:24 NowVenus
- 22:24 NowMercury
- 23:24 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:24 NowSaturn
- 01:24 NowJupiter
- 02:24 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:41 Pisces
- 04:41 – 06:19 Aries
- 06:19 – 08:16 Taurus
- 08:16 – 10:30 Gemini
- 10:30 – 12:48 Cancer
- 12:48 – 15:01 Leo
- 15:01 – 17:14 Virgo
- 17:14 – 19:31 Libra
- 19:31 – 21:48 Scorpio
- 21:48 – 23:53 Sagittarius
- 23:53 – 01:37 next day Capricorn
- 01:37 – 03:08 next day Aquarius
- 03:08 – 04:37 next day Pisces
- 04:37 – 05:23 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