Varanasi panchang, 3 July 2025
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 12:28 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:51- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:12 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam 08:37 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta 09:45 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:19 next day Moon enters Libra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 14:07
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:50 · lord Moon
- Yoga Parigha until 18:35
- Karana Bava until 14:07, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:50 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 14:07 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 14:07 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:35 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 03:18 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:19 next day Moon enters Libra
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:46 – 06:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:37 – 10:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:45 – 10:40
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
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. 03:50 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:51 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:50 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:55 – 08:37 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:37 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Char | 10:19 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:51 – 20:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:09 – 21:26 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:26 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:37 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:55 – 05:13 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
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:21 NowMars
- 07:29 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:53 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:10 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:51 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:10 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:46 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:29 NowMars
- 04:21 NowSun
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 04:00 Taurus
- 04:00 – 06:14 Gemini
- 06:14 – 08:32 Cancer
- 08:32 – 10:46 Leo
- 10:46 – 12:59 Virgo
- 12:59 – 15:15 Libra
- 15:15 – 17:32 Scorpio
- 17:32 – 19:37 Sagittarius
- 19:37 – 21:22 Capricorn
- 21:22 – 22:53 Aquarius
- 22:53 – 00:21 next day Pisces
- 00:21 – 01:59 next day Aries
- 01:59 – 03:56 next day Taurus
- 03:56 – 05:13 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