Varanasi panchang, 19 May 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:36 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:52 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:35 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:55
- 05:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:36 to 05:11 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Indra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 06:12
- Nakshatra Shravana until 19:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shukla until 05:52
- Karana Vanija until 06:12, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:52 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 06:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:06 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:29 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 04:35 next day Yoga becomes Indra
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:55
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:52 – 13:56
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 – 04:29
- 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 – 19:29
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:12 – 19:29
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:12 – 19:29
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:12 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:52 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Char | 13:35 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:56 – 18:36 | Good |
| Char | 18:36 – 19:56 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:56 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:19 NowSaturn
- 07:26 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:18 NowJupiter
- 05:12 NowMoon
- 06:12 NowSaturn
- 07:12 NowJupiter
- 08:12 NowMars
- 09:12 NowSun
- 10:12 NowVenus
- 11:12 NowMercury
- 12:12 NowMoon
- 13:12 NowSaturn
- 14:12 NowJupiter
- 15:12 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:12 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:12 NowJupiter
- 22:12 NowMars
- 23:12 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:12 NowVenus
- 01:12 NowMercury
- 02:12 NowMoon
- 03:12 NowSaturn
- 04:12 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 05:00 Aries
- 05:00 – 06:57 Taurus
- 06:57 – 09:11 Gemini
- 09:11 – 11:29 Cancer
- 11:29 – 13:43 Leo
- 13:43 – 15:56 Virgo
- 15:56 – 18:12 Libra
- 18:12 – 20:29 Scorpio
- 20:29 – 22:34 Sagittarius
- 22:34 – 00:19 next day Capricorn
- 00:19 – 01:50 next day Aquarius
- 01:50 – 03:18 next day Pisces
- 03:18 – 04:56 next day Aries
- 04:56 – 05:11 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