Varanasi panchang, 25 May 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:39 Moonrise 03:16 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:17 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:58 – 18:39
- 05:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:39 to 05:09 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:39 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 15:51
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 11:12 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 11:06
- Karana Gara until 05:38, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:38 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 11:12 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 15:51 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 15:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:02 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:58 – 18:39
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:12 – 05:09 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 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:39 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:10 – 11:12
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:10 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:17 | Good |
| Rog | 15:17 – 16:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:58 – 18:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:39 – 19:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:58 – 21:17 | Good |
| Char | 21:17 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:09 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 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:17 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:39 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:24 NowSun
- 21:17 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:24 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:10 NowSun
- 06:10 NowVenus
- 07:10 NowMercury
- 08:10 NowMoon
- 09:10 NowSaturn
- 10:10 NowJupiter
- 11:10 NowMars
- 12:10 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:10 NowMoon
- 16:10 NowSaturn
- 17:10 NowJupiter
- 18:10 NowMars
- 19:10 NowSun
- 20:10 NowVenus
- 21:10 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:10 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:10 NowVenus
- 04:10 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:37 Aries
- 04:37 – 06:34 Taurus
- 06:34 – 08:48 Gemini
- 08:48 – 11:05 Cancer
- 11:05 – 13:19 Leo
- 13:19 – 15:32 Virgo
- 15:32 – 17:49 Libra
- 17:49 – 20:06 Scorpio
- 20:06 – 22:10 Sagittarius
- 22:10 – 23:55 Capricorn
- 23:55 – 01:26 next day Aquarius
- 01:26 – 02:54 next day Pisces
- 02:54 – 04:33 next day Aries
- 04:33 – 05:09 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