Varanasi panchang, 23 May 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 02:01 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:51 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta 07:52 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam 10:13 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:15
- Yamaganda 15:16 – 16:57
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 22:30
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 16:02 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 18:36
- Karana Bava until 11:55, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:02 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:36 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 22:30 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 22:30 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:52 – 08:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:57
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 – 04:28
- 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 18:38 – 20:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:10 – 22:30
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:02 – 05:10 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:02 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:10 – 06:51 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Rog | 13:35 – 15:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:16 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Char | 16:57 – 18:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:38 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:40 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:09 NowMercury
- 15:16 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:31 NowJupiter
- 18:38 NowMars
- 19:31 NowSun
- 20:24 NowVenus
- 21:16 NowMercury
- 22:09 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:39 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:25 NowMercury
- 04:17 NowMoon
- 05:10 NowVenus
- 06:10 NowMercury
- 07:10 NowMoon
- 08:10 NowSaturn
- 09:10 NowJupiter
- 10:10 NowMars
- 11:10 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:10 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:10 NowSun
- 19:10 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:10 NowSaturn
- 23:10 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:10 NowSun
- 02:10 NowVenus
- 03:10 NowMercury
- 04:10 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:44 Aries
- 04:44 – 06:42 Taurus
- 06:42 – 08:55 Gemini
- 08:55 – 11:13 Cancer
- 11:13 – 13:27 Leo
- 13:27 – 15:40 Virgo
- 15:40 – 17:56 Libra
- 17:56 – 20:13 Scorpio
- 20:13 – 22:18 Sagittarius
- 22:18 – 00:03 next day Capricorn
- 00:03 – 01:34 next day Aquarius
- 01:34 – 03:02 next day Pisces
- 03:02 – 04:40 next day Aries
- 04:40 – 05:10 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