Varanasi panchang, 31 May 2025
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 09:07 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:42- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:08 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta 05:08 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta 06:03 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam 08:32 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:37 – 15:19
- 08:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:42 to 05:08 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:47
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 20:15
- Nakshatra Pushya until 21:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 10:43
- Karana Bava until 08:43, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Taurus
- 08:43 Karana becomes Balava
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:15 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 20:15 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:08 – 06:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:08 – 06:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:03 – 06:57
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:32 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:19
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:49 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:49 – 15:50
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 – 04:26
- 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 18:42 – 20:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 21:07 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:08 – 06:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:50 – 08:32 | Good |
| Rog | 08:32 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:37 – 15:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:19 – 17:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:00 – 18:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:42 – 20:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:19 – 22:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:37 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 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
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:24 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:27 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:19 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:39 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:24 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSaturn
- 06:08 NowJupiter
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:13 Aries
- 04:13 – 06:10 Taurus
- 06:10 – 08:24 Gemini
- 08:24 – 10:42 Cancer
- 10:42 – 12:56 Leo
- 12:56 – 15:09 Virgo
- 15:09 – 17:25 Libra
- 17:25 – 19:42 Scorpio
- 19:42 – 21:47 Sagittarius
- 21:47 – 23:32 Capricorn
- 23:32 – 01:02 next day Aquarius
- 01:02 – 02:31 next day Pisces
- 02:31 – 04:09 next day Aries
- 04:09 – 05:08 next day Taurus
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
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