Varanasi panchang, 2 May 2025
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 09:14 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:27- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:00 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta 07:59 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:16 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:11 – 16:49
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
18:27 to 05:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 09:15
- Nakshatra Ardra until 13:04 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 05:38
- Karana Balava until 09:15, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 09:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 09:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 13:04 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 20:27 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:19 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:59 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:49
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:19 – 05:19 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. 03:54 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:38
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:15 – 05:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:04 – 05:21 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:04 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:22 – 07:00 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:00 – 08:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:38 – 10:16 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:16 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:11 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Char | 16:49 – 18:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:27 – 19:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 03:59 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:59 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:27 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:38 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:22 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:22 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:22 NowMars
- 11:22 NowSun
- 12:22 NowVenus
- 13:22 NowMercury
- 14:22 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:22 NowJupiter
- 17:22 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:22 NowMercury
- 21:22 NowMoon
- 22:22 NowSaturn
- 23:22 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMars
- 01:22 NowSun
- 02:22 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:22 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:29 Pisces
- 04:29 – 06:07 Aries
- 06:07 – 08:04 Taurus
- 08:04 – 10:18 Gemini
- 10:18 – 12:36 Cancer
- 12:36 – 14:50 Leo
- 14:50 – 17:03 Virgo
- 17:03 – 19:19 Libra
- 19:19 – 21:36 Scorpio
- 21:36 – 23:41 Sagittarius
- 23:41 – 01:26 next day Capricorn
- 01:26 – 02:56 next day Aquarius
- 02:56 – 04:25 next day Pisces
- 04:25 – 05:21 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