Varanasi panchang, 6 May 2025
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 13:15 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:30- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 08:37 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:51
- 08:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Night
18:30 to 05:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:29 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 08:39
- Nakshatra Magha until 15:52 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Dhruva until 00:29 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 08:39, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:39 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 08:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 15:52 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 21:25 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:29 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:29 – 04:05 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. 03:52 – 04:36
- 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 18:30 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:19 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:19 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:58 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Char | 08:37 – 10:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:30 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:57 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:25 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:00 NowMars
- 14:06 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:06 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:30 NowSun
- 04:24 NowVenus
- 05:19 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:19 NowVenus
- 08:19 NowMercury
- 09:19 NowMoon
- 10:19 NowSaturn
- 11:19 NowJupiter
- 12:19 NowMars
- 13:19 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:19 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:19 NowSaturn
- 01:19 NowJupiter
- 02:19 NowMars
- 03:19 NowSun
- 04:19 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:13 Pisces
- 04:13 – 05:51 Aries
- 05:51 – 07:48 Taurus
- 07:48 – 10:02 Gemini
- 10:02 – 12:20 Cancer
- 12:20 – 14:34 Leo
- 14:34 – 16:47 Virgo
- 16:47 – 19:03 Libra
- 19:03 – 21:20 Scorpio
- 21:20 – 23:25 Sagittarius
- 23:25 – 01:10 next day Capricorn
- 01:10 – 02:41 next day Aquarius
- 02:41 – 04:09 next day Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:18 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