Varanasi panchang, 24 May 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 02:37 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 18:39- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:10 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta 06:04 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:36 – 15:17
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:48 Moon enters Aries
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:39 to 05:10 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 19:20
- Nakshatra Revati until 13:48 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 15:00
- Karana Kaulava until 08:58, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:58 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:48 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 13:48 Moon enters Aries
- 15:00 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 19:20 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:10 – 06:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:04 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:17
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:10 – 13:48
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 18:39 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:10 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:36 – 15:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:17 – 16:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:58 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:39 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:58 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:17 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 05:10 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
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:17 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:02 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:17 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:17 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:02 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:17 NowMars
- 05:10 NowSaturn
- 06:10 NowJupiter
- 07:10 NowMars
- 08:10 NowSun
- 09:10 NowVenus
- 10:10 NowMercury
- 11:10 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:10 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:10 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:10 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:10 NowMoon
- 02:10 NowSaturn
- 03:10 NowJupiter
- 04:10 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:40 Aries
- 04:40 – 06:38 Taurus
- 06:38 – 08:52 Gemini
- 08:52 – 11:09 Cancer
- 11:09 – 13:23 Leo
- 13:23 – 15:36 Virgo
- 15:36 – 17:53 Libra
- 17:53 – 20:09 Scorpio
- 20:09 – 22:14 Sagittarius
- 22:14 – 23:59 Capricorn
- 23:59 – 01:30 next day Aquarius
- 01:30 – 02:58 next day Pisces
- 02:58 – 04:37 next day Aries
- 04:37 – 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