Varanasi panchang, 20 May 2025
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 00:17 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:37- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 07:53 – 08:46
- Yamaganda 08:33 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 11:54 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:15 – 16:56
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 05:52
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 19:32 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 02:50 next day
- Karana Bava until 05:52, then Balava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 05:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 07:35 Moon enters Aquarius
- 17:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:32 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 02:50 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 04:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:53 – 08:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:15 – 16:56
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:50 – 00:34 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 19:32
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:32 – 05:11 next day
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 18:37 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:52 – 04:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:11 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 06:52 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Char | 08:33 – 10:13 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:15 – 16:56 | Good |
| Rog | 16:56 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:37 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:56 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:32 – 03:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:19 NowSun
- 07:26 NowVenus
- 08:33 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:54 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:15 NowVenus
- 16:23 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:23 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:01 NowMercury
- 23:54 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:25 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:11 NowMercury
- 09:11 NowMoon
- 10:11 NowSaturn
- 11:11 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:11 NowMoon
- 17:11 NowSaturn
- 18:11 NowJupiter
- 19:11 NowMars
- 20:11 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:11 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:11 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:56 Aries
- 04:56 – 06:53 Taurus
- 06:53 – 09:07 Gemini
- 09:07 – 11:25 Cancer
- 11:25 – 13:39 Leo
- 13:39 – 15:52 Virgo
- 15:52 – 18:08 Libra
- 18:08 – 20:25 Scorpio
- 20:25 – 22:30 Sagittarius
- 22:30 – 00:15 next day Capricorn
- 00:15 – 01:46 next day Aquarius
- 01:46 – 03:14 next day Pisces
- 03:14 – 04:52 next day Aries
- 04:52 – 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