Varanasi panchang, 4 May 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 11:21 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:29- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam 16:50 – 18:29
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:29 to 05:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 07:19
- Nakshatra Pushya until 12:53 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 00:41 next day
- Karana Vanija until 07:19, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:19 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 07:19 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:53 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 19:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:41 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- 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
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 07:19 – 19:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:50 – 18:29
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. 03:53 – 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 18:29 – 20:39
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 12:53
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:20 – 06:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:59 – 08:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:37 – 10:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:16 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:50 – 18:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:29 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:50 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:58 – 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
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:26 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:37 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:17 NowMoon
- 17:23 NowSaturn
- 18:29 NowJupiter
- 19:23 NowMars
- 20:17 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:37 NowSun
- 03:31 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:21 Pisces
- 04:21 – 05:59 Aries
- 05:59 – 07:56 Taurus
- 07:56 – 10:10 Gemini
- 10:10 – 12:28 Cancer
- 12:28 – 14:42 Leo
- 14:42 – 16:55 Virgo
- 16:55 – 19:11 Libra
- 19:11 – 21:28 Scorpio
- 21:28 – 23:33 Sagittarius
- 23:33 – 01:18 next day Capricorn
- 01:18 – 02:49 next day Aquarius
- 02:49 – 04:17 next day Pisces
- 04:17 – 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