Varanasi panchang, 1 May 2025
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 08:10 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:27- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:22 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam 08:39 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:50
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
18:27 to 05:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:14 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 11:24
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 14:20 · lord Mars
- Yoga Atiganda until 08:34
- Karana Vishti until 11:24, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:34 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 11:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 11:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 14:20 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:14 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 07:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:50
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:22 – 14:20
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:20 – 05:22 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. 03:55 – 04:39
- 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 18:27 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:22 – 14:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:24 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:01 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:39 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:11 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:49 – 18:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:27 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:49 – 21:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:00 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:27 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:33 NowMars
- 04:27 NowSun
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:33 Pisces
- 04:33 – 06:11 Aries
- 06:11 – 08:08 Taurus
- 08:08 – 10:22 Gemini
- 10:22 – 12:40 Cancer
- 12:40 – 14:54 Leo
- 14:54 – 17:06 Virgo
- 17:06 – 19:23 Libra
- 19:23 – 21:40 Scorpio
- 21:40 – 23:45 Sagittarius
- 23:45 – 01:30 next day Capricorn
- 01:30 – 03:00 next day Aquarius
- 03:00 – 04:29 next day Pisces
- 04:29 – 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