Varanasi panchang, 30 April 2025
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 07:09 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Night
18:26 to 05:22 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:12
- Nakshatra Rohini until 16:18 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:01
- Karana Gara until 14:12, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 14:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:12 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:18 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 00:43 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 03:14 next day Moon enters Gemini
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:01 – 14:25
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 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:23 – 16:18
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:18 – 05:22 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:18 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:23 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:49 – 18:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:26 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:34 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:16 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:21 NowVenus
- 20:16 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:23 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:23 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:23 NowMars
- 10:23 NowSun
- 11:23 NowVenus
- 12:23 NowMercury
- 13:23 NowMoon
- 14:23 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:23 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:23 NowVenus
- 19:23 NowMercury
- 20:23 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:23 NowJupiter
- 23:23 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:23 NowSun
- 01:23 NowVenus
- 02:23 NowMercury
- 03:23 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 04:37 Pisces
- 04:37 – 06:15 Aries
- 06:15 – 08:12 Taurus
- 08:12 – 10:26 Gemini
- 10:26 – 12:44 Cancer
- 12:44 – 14:58 Leo
- 14:58 – 17:10 Virgo
- 17:10 – 19:27 Libra
- 19:27 – 21:44 Scorpio
- 21:44 – 23:49 Sagittarius
- 23:49 – 01:33 next day Capricorn
- 01:33 – 03:04 next day Aquarius
- 03:04 – 04:33 next day Pisces
- 04:33 – 05:22 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