Varanasi panchang, 16 May 2025
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 22:07 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:53 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:55
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:41 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:35 to 05:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:14 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 16:07 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddha until 07:14
- Karana Bava until 16:41, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:14 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 16:07 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 16:41 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:47
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:55
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. 03:48 – 04:31
- 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 18:35 – 20:42
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:13 – 06:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:53 – 08:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:34 – 10:14 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Char | 16:55 – 18:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:35 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:53 – 05:13 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
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:27 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:08 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:21 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:21 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:40 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:12 Aries
- 05:12 – 07:09 Taurus
- 07:09 – 09:23 Gemini
- 09:23 – 11:41 Cancer
- 11:41 – 13:55 Leo
- 13:55 – 16:07 Virgo
- 16:07 – 18:24 Libra
- 18:24 – 20:41 Scorpio
- 20:41 – 22:46 Sagittarius
- 22:46 – 00:31 next day Capricorn
- 00:31 – 02:01 next day Aquarius
- 02:01 – 03:30 next day Pisces
- 03:30 – 05:08 next day Aries
- 05:08 – 05:13 next day Taurus
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