Varanasi panchang, 7 May 2025
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 14:07 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:30- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:30 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 10:20
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 18:17 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:04 next day
- Karana Gara until 10:20, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 10:20 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 10:20 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:17 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:57 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 01:04 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:22 – 00:57 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 – 04:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:18 – 18:17
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:36 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:51 – 18:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:30 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:51 – 21:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:24 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:42 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:24 NowMars
- 18:30 NowSun
- 19:24 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:12 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:24 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:09 Pisces
- 04:09 – 05:47 Aries
- 05:47 – 07:44 Taurus
- 07:44 – 09:58 Gemini
- 09:58 – 12:16 Cancer
- 12:16 – 14:30 Leo
- 14:30 – 16:43 Virgo
- 16:43 – 18:59 Libra
- 18:59 – 21:16 Scorpio
- 21:16 – 23:21 Sagittarius
- 23:21 – 01:06 next day Capricorn
- 01:06 – 02:37 next day Aquarius
- 02:37 – 04:05 next day Pisces
- 04:05 – 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