Varanasi panchang, 26 June 2025
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 05:40 Ashadha 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 18:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:10 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam 08:35 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:44 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:43 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:06
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:51 to 05:10 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:39 next day Moon enters Cancer
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 13:25
- Nakshatra Ardra until 08:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:40
- Karana Bava until 13:25, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Gemini
- 08:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 13:25 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 13:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:39 next day Moon enters Cancer
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:10 – 06:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:35 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:44 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:40 – 03:16 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:10 – 08:46
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. 03:48 – 04:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:46 – 05:10 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:46 – 05:10 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:53 – 08:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:35 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:43 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:08 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:43 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:43 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:00 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:35 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:53 – 05:10 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 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:27 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:09 NowJupiter
- 14:17 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:34 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:34 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:17 NowSun
- 23:09 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMercury
- 00:52 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:27 NowMars
- 04:19 NowSun
- 05:10 NowJupiter
- 06:10 NowMars
- 07:10 NowSun
- 08:10 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:10 NowMoon
- 11:10 NowSaturn
- 12:10 NowJupiter
- 13:10 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:10 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:10 NowSaturn
- 19:10 NowJupiter
- 20:10 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:10 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMoon
- 01:10 NowSaturn
- 02:10 NowJupiter
- 03:10 NowMars
- 04:10 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 04:28 Taurus
- 04:28 – 06:42 Gemini
- 06:42 – 08:59 Cancer
- 08:59 – 11:13 Leo
- 11:13 – 13:26 Virgo
- 13:26 – 15:43 Libra
- 15:43 – 18:00 Scorpio
- 18:00 – 20:04 Sagittarius
- 20:04 – 21:49 Capricorn
- 21:49 – 23:20 Aquarius
- 23:20 – 00:49 next day Pisces
- 00:49 – 02:27 next day Aries
- 02:27 – 04:24 next day Taurus
- 04:24 – 05:10 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