Varanasi panchang, 14 May 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 20:19 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:34- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:54 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:34 to 05:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:29 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 11:47 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Parigha until 06:33
- Karana Taitila until 13:35, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 11:47 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:29 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:29 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:54 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
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. 03:49 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:34 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:14 – 11:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:14 – 11:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:14 – 02:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:14 – 06:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:54 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Char | 15:14 – 16:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:54 – 18:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:34 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:54 – 21:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:54 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:21 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:14 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:27 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:27 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:14 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
- 05:14 NowMercury
- 06:14 NowMoon
- 07:14 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:14 NowMercury
- 13:14 NowMoon
- 14:14 NowSaturn
- 15:14 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:14 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:14 NowJupiter
- 23:14 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:14 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:14 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:20 Aries
- 05:20 – 07:17 Taurus
- 07:17 – 09:31 Gemini
- 09:31 – 11:49 Cancer
- 11:49 – 14:02 Leo
- 14:02 – 16:15 Virgo
- 16:15 – 18:32 Libra
- 18:32 – 20:49 Scorpio
- 20:49 – 22:54 Sagittarius
- 22:54 – 00:38 next day Capricorn
- 00:38 – 02:09 next day Aquarius
- 02:09 – 03:38 next day Pisces
- 03:38 – 05:14 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