Varanasi panchang, 10 May 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 16:40 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:32- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta 06:09 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam 08:35 – 10:15
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:13
- 13:42 Moon enters Libra
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:32 to 05:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 17:30
- Nakshatra Chitra until 03:15 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Siddhi until 04:00 next day
- Karana Taitila until 17:30, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 13:42 Moon enters Libra
- 17:30 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 17:30 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:00 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:09 – 07:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:00 – 05:00 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:16 – 03:15 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. 03:50 – 04:33
- 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 18:32 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 03:15 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 17:30 – 05:16 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:15 – 05:16 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:15 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:56 – 08:35 | Good |
| Rog | 08:35 – 10:15 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:13 – 16:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:52 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:32 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:52 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:13 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:35 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:55 – 05:16 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:25 NowMoon
- 20:19 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:06 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:22 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:57 Pisces
- 03:57 – 05:36 Aries
- 05:36 – 07:33 Taurus
- 07:33 – 09:47 Gemini
- 09:47 – 12:04 Cancer
- 12:04 – 14:18 Leo
- 14:18 – 16:31 Virgo
- 16:31 – 18:48 Libra
- 18:48 – 21:05 Scorpio
- 21:05 – 23:09 Sagittarius
- 23:09 – 00:54 next day Capricorn
- 00:54 – 02:25 next day Aquarius
- 02:25 – 03:53 next day Pisces
- 03:53 – 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