Varanasi panchang, 16 June 2025
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 22:54 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 18:48- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:51 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:41 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta 15:10 – 16:04
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:10 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:32 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:48 to 05:08 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 15:32
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 01:13 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 11:06
- Karana Taitila until 15:32, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:06 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:10 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 15:32 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:13 next day Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 03:12 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:19 – 11:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:06 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:41 – 15:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:10 – 16:04
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) 11:31 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:13 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:08 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:51 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:58 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Char | 13:41 – 15:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:23 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:48 | Good |
| Char | 18:48 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:23 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:41 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:51 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:25 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:58 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:23 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:23 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:25 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:08 NowMoon
- 06:08 NowSaturn
- 07:08 NowJupiter
- 08:08 NowMars
- 09:08 NowSun
- 10:08 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:08 NowMoon
- 13:08 NowSaturn
- 14:08 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:08 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:08 NowMercury
- 19:08 NowMoon
- 20:08 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:08 NowMars
- 23:08 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:08 NowVenus
- 01:08 NowMercury
- 02:08 NowMoon
- 03:08 NowSaturn
- 04:08 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:07 Taurus
- 05:07 – 07:21 Gemini
- 07:21 – 09:39 Cancer
- 09:39 – 11:53 Leo
- 11:53 – 14:06 Virgo
- 14:06 – 16:22 Libra
- 16:22 – 18:39 Scorpio
- 18:39 – 20:44 Sagittarius
- 20:44 – 22:29 Capricorn
- 22:29 – 23:59 Aquarius
- 23:59 – 01:28 next day Pisces
- 01:28 – 03:06 next day Aries
- 03:06 – 05:03 next day Taurus
- 05:03 – 05:08 next day Gemini
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