Varanasi panchang, 12 May 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 18:27 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:33- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:55 – 08:35
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:53
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:15 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:33 to 05:15 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 22:25
- Nakshatra Swati until 06:17 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 05:52 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:15, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:17 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:15 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 22:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:27 next day Moon enters Scorpio
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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:35
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:53
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 – 04:32
- 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 18:33 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 06:17
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:15 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:55 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:35 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:13 – 16:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:53 – 18:33 | Good |
| Char | 18:33 – 19:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:53 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:54 – 05:15 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:28 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:07 NowSaturn
- 15:13 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:07 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:28 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
- 05:15 NowMoon
- 06:15 NowSaturn
- 07:15 NowJupiter
- 08:15 NowMars
- 09:15 NowSun
- 10:15 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:15 NowMoon
- 13:15 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:15 NowSun
- 17:15 NowVenus
- 18:15 NowMercury
- 19:15 NowMoon
- 20:15 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:15 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:15 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:15 NowMoon
- 03:15 NowSaturn
- 04:15 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 05:28 Aries
- 05:28 – 07:25 Taurus
- 07:25 – 09:39 Gemini
- 09:39 – 11:56 Cancer
- 11:56 – 14:10 Leo
- 14:10 – 16:23 Virgo
- 16:23 – 18:40 Libra
- 18:40 – 20:57 Scorpio
- 20:57 – 23:01 Sagittarius
- 23:01 – 00:46 next day Capricorn
- 00:46 – 02:17 next day Aquarius
- 02:17 – 03:45 next day Pisces
- 03:45 – 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