Varanasi panchang, 9 May 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 15:49 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:56 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:13 – 16:52
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:31 to 05:16 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:56
- Nakshatra Hasta until 00:09 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vajra until 02:57 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:56, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:56 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:56 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:09 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:57 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:49
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:52
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. 03:51 – 04:34
- 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 18:31 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 00:09 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:17 – 06:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:56 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:13 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Char | 16:52 – 18:31 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:31 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:52 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:56 – 05:16 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
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:31 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:35 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:17 NowVenus
- 06:17 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:17 NowSaturn
- 09:17 NowJupiter
- 10:17 NowMars
- 11:17 NowSun
- 12:17 NowVenus
- 13:17 NowMercury
- 14:17 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:17 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:17 NowSaturn
- 23:17 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:17 NowMars
- 01:17 NowSun
- 02:17 NowVenus
- 03:17 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:01 Pisces
- 04:01 – 05:39 Aries
- 05:39 – 07:37 Taurus
- 07:37 – 09:50 Gemini
- 09:50 – 12:08 Cancer
- 12:08 – 14:22 Leo
- 14:22 – 16:35 Virgo
- 16:35 – 18:52 Libra
- 18:52 – 21:08 Scorpio
- 21:08 – 23:13 Sagittarius
- 23:13 – 00:58 next day Capricorn
- 00:58 – 02:29 next day Aquarius
- 02:29 – 03:57 next day Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:16 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