Varanasi panchang, 26 May 2025
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 04:00 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:40- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:32
- Yamaganda 10:13 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:58
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 08:23 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:12 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 13:40 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:40 to 05:09 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:21 Karana becomes Naga
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 12:12
- Nakshatra Bharani until 08:23 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shobhana until 07:01
- Karana Shakuni until 12:12, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:01 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 08:23 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 12:12 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 12:12 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 13:40 Moon enters Taurus
- 22:21 Karana becomes Naga
- 02:54 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:32
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:01 – 09:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:16
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:58
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. 03:45 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:09 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Rog | 10:13 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:17 – 16:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:59 – 18:40 | Good |
| Char | 18:40 – 19:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:58 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:17 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:50 – 05:09 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:17 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:17 NowJupiter
- 05:09 NowMoon
- 06:09 NowSaturn
- 07:09 NowJupiter
- 08:09 NowMars
- 09:09 NowSun
- 10:09 NowVenus
- 11:09 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:09 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:09 NowMercury
- 19:09 NowMoon
- 20:09 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:09 NowMoon
- 03:09 NowSaturn
- 04:09 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:33 Aries
- 04:33 – 06:30 Taurus
- 06:30 – 08:44 Gemini
- 08:44 – 11:01 Cancer
- 11:01 – 13:15 Leo
- 13:15 – 15:28 Virgo
- 15:28 – 17:45 Libra
- 17:45 – 20:02 Scorpio
- 20:02 – 22:06 Sagittarius
- 22:06 – 23:51 Capricorn
- 23:51 – 01:22 next day Aquarius
- 01:22 – 02:50 next day Pisces
- 02:50 – 04:29 next day Aries
- 04:29 – 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