Varanasi panchang, 18 May 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 23:38 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:15 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta 16:49 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam 16:55 – 18:36
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:36 to 05:12 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 05:58
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 18:52 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shubha until 06:42
- Karana Taitila until 05:58, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 05:58 Karana becomes Gara
- 06:42 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 18:09 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:52 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:49 – 17:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:55 – 18:36
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. 03:47 – 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 18:36 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:12 – 18:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:52 – 05:12 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:12 – 06:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:53 – 08:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:15 | Good |
| Rog | 15:15 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:55 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:55 – 21:15 | Good |
| Char | 21:15 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:52 – 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
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:19 NowVenus
- 07:26 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:15 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:29 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:29 NowMars
- 20:22 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:26 NowVenus
- 04:19 NowMercury
- 05:12 NowSun
- 06:12 NowVenus
- 07:12 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:12 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:12 NowMars
- 12:12 NowSun
- 13:12 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:12 NowJupiter
- 18:12 NowMars
- 19:12 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:12 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:12 NowJupiter
- 01:12 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:12 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:04 Aries
- 05:04 – 07:01 Taurus
- 07:01 – 09:15 Gemini
- 09:15 – 11:33 Cancer
- 11:33 – 13:47 Leo
- 13:47 – 16:00 Virgo
- 16:00 – 18:16 Libra
- 18:16 – 20:33 Scorpio
- 20:33 – 22:38 Sagittarius
- 22:38 – 00:23 next day Capricorn
- 00:23 – 01:53 next day Aquarius
- 01:53 – 03:22 next day Pisces
- 03:22 – 05:00 next day Aries
- 05:00 – 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