Varanasi panchang, 21 May 2025
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 00:53 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:35
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 03:22 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 18:58 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 00:34 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:13, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 16:13 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:58 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 03:22 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 01:46 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. 03:46 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:11 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Char | 15:16 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:37 – 19:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:56 – 21:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Char | 22:35 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 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 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:16 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:37 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:16 NowMoon
- 22:08 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:11 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:11 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:11 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:11 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:11 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:11 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:11 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:52 Aries
- 04:52 – 06:49 Taurus
- 06:49 – 09:03 Gemini
- 09:03 – 11:21 Cancer
- 11:21 – 13:35 Leo
- 13:35 – 15:48 Virgo
- 15:48 – 18:04 Libra
- 18:04 – 20:21 Scorpio
- 20:21 – 22:26 Sagittarius
- 22:26 – 00:11 next day Capricorn
- 00:11 – 01:42 next day Aquarius
- 01:42 – 03:10 next day Pisces
- 03:10 – 04:48 next day Aries
- 04:48 – 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