Varanasi panchang, 29 May 2025
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 06:55 Jyeshtha 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 18:41- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:09 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:59
- 12:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
18:41 to 05:08 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 23:18
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:38 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 15:46
- Karana Taitila until 12:32, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Taurus
- 12:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 22:38 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 23:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:09 – 06:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:59
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:46 – 18:10
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:09 – 22:38
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 18:41 – 20:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 22:38 – 05:08 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:38 – 05:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:38 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:09 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:50 – 08:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Char | 10:13 – 11:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:55 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 17:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:00 – 18:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:41 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:00 – 21:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:18 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:36 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:50 – 05:08 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
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:16 NowMars
- 07:24 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:55 NowSaturn
- 13:03 NowJupiter
- 14:10 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:34 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:10 NowSun
- 23:03 NowVenus
- 23:55 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:39 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:24 NowMars
- 04:16 NowSun
- 05:09 NowJupiter
- 06:09 NowMars
- 07:09 NowSun
- 08:09 NowVenus
- 09:09 NowMercury
- 10:09 NowMoon
- 11:09 NowSaturn
- 12:09 NowJupiter
- 13:09 NowMars
- 14:09 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:09 NowMercury
- 17:09 NowMoon
- 18:09 NowSaturn
- 19:09 NowJupiter
- 20:09 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:09 NowVenus
- 23:09 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMoon
- 01:09 NowSaturn
- 02:09 NowJupiter
- 03:09 NowMars
- 04:09 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:21 Aries
- 04:21 – 06:18 Taurus
- 06:18 – 08:32 Gemini
- 08:32 – 10:50 Cancer
- 10:50 – 13:04 Leo
- 13:04 – 15:16 Virgo
- 15:16 – 17:33 Libra
- 17:33 – 19:50 Scorpio
- 19:50 – 21:55 Sagittarius
- 21:55 – 23:39 Capricorn
- 23:39 – 01:10 next day Aquarius
- 01:10 – 02:39 next day Pisces
- 02:39 – 04:17 next day Aries
- 04:17 – 05:08 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