Varanasi panchang, 17 May 2025
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 22:54 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:13 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta 05:13 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta 06:06 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:15
- 05:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
18:35 to 05:12 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:14
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 17:44 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sadhya until 07:08
- Karana Balava until 05:14, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:14 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:14 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 07:08 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:39 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:44 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 00:03 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:13 – 06:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:13 – 06:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:06 – 07:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:15
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 – 04:30
- 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 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:13 – 05:14
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:13 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:53 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:15 – 16:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:55 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:35 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:55 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:15 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:53 – 05:12 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
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:15 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:28 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:28 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:15 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:33 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:13 NowSun
- 09:13 NowVenus
- 10:13 NowMercury
- 11:13 NowMoon
- 12:13 NowSaturn
- 13:13 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:13 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:13 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMercury
- 01:13 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:13 NowJupiter
- 04:13 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:08 Aries
- 05:08 – 07:05 Taurus
- 07:05 – 09:19 Gemini
- 09:19 – 11:37 Cancer
- 11:37 – 13:51 Leo
- 13:51 – 16:04 Virgo
- 16:04 – 18:20 Libra
- 18:20 – 20:37 Scorpio
- 20:37 – 22:42 Sagittarius
- 22:42 – 00:27 next day Capricorn
- 00:27 – 01:57 next day Aquarius
- 01:57 – 03:26 next day Pisces
- 03:26 – 05:04 next day Aries
- 05:04 – 05:12 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