Varanasi panchang, 11 May 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 17:32 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:13 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:32
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:32 to 05:15 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 20:02
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:17 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyatipata until 05:00 next day
- Karana Gara until 06:47, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:47 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:02 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 20:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:00 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:13 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:32
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) 11:27 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:18 – 05:15 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:16 – 06:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:55 – 08:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:35 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:13 | Good |
| Rog | 15:13 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:32 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:13 | Good |
| Char | 21:13 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:34 – 03:55 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:55 – 05:15 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 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:41 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:13 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:26 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:13 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
- 05:16 NowSun
- 06:16 NowVenus
- 07:16 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:16 NowSaturn
- 10:16 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:16 NowSun
- 13:16 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:16 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:16 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:16 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:16 NowMoon
- 23:16 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:16 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:16 NowSun
- 03:16 NowVenus
- 04:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:53 Pisces
- 03:53 – 05:32 Aries
- 05:32 – 07:29 Taurus
- 07:29 – 09:43 Gemini
- 09:43 – 12:00 Cancer
- 12:00 – 14:14 Leo
- 14:14 – 16:27 Virgo
- 16:27 – 18:44 Libra
- 18:44 – 21:01 Scorpio
- 21:01 – 23:05 Sagittarius
- 23:05 – 00:50 next day Capricorn
- 00:50 – 02:21 next day Aquarius
- 02:21 – 03:49 next day Pisces
- 03:49 – 05:15 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