Varanasi panchang, 3 May 2025
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 10:19 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:28- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:21 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 05:21 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta 06:13 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:38 – 10:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:11
- 06:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:28 to 05:20 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 07:52
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 12:34 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shula until 01:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:37 Moon enters Cancer
- 07:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:34 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 19:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Ganda
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:21 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:21 – 06:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:13 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:38 – 10:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:40 – 04:04 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 – 04:37
- 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 18:28 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:21 – 12:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:21 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:59 – 08:38 | Good |
| Rog | 08:38 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:16 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:50 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:50 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:28 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:50 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:37 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:59 – 05:20 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
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:27 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:06 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:17 NowSun
- 17:22 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:22 NowMoon
- 20:17 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:37 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:21 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:21 NowMars
- 08:21 NowSun
- 09:21 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:21 NowMoon
- 12:21 NowSaturn
- 13:21 NowJupiter
- 14:21 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:21 NowVenus
- 17:21 NowMercury
- 18:21 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:21 NowJupiter
- 21:21 NowMars
- 22:21 NowSun
- 23:21 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:21 NowMercury
- 01:21 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:21 NowJupiter
- 04:21 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:25 Pisces
- 04:25 – 06:03 Aries
- 06:03 – 08:00 Taurus
- 08:00 – 10:14 Gemini
- 10:14 – 12:32 Cancer
- 12:32 – 14:46 Leo
- 14:46 – 16:59 Virgo
- 16:59 – 19:15 Libra
- 19:15 – 21:32 Scorpio
- 21:32 – 23:37 Sagittarius
- 23:37 – 01:22 next day Capricorn
- 01:22 – 02:52 next day Aquarius
- 02:52 – 04:21 next day Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:20 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