Varanasi panchang, 4 July 2025
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 13:20 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:51- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:55 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta 07:56 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:29
- Durmuhurta 12:29 – 13:24
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:09
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
18:51 to 05:13 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:50 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 16:32
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:50 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 19:35
- Karana Kaulava until 16:32, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 16:32 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 16:32 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 19:35 Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:56 – 08:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:29 – 13:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:09
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) 11:35 – 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 05:13 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:13 – 06:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:55 – 08:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:37 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:44 | Good |
| Rog | 13:44 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:51 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:09 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:44 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:38 – 03:55 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:55 – 05:13 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:21 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:37 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:18 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:51 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:18 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:38 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:21 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowVenus
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:56 Taurus
- 03:56 – 06:10 Gemini
- 06:10 – 08:28 Cancer
- 08:28 – 10:42 Leo
- 10:42 – 12:55 Virgo
- 12:55 – 15:11 Libra
- 15:11 – 17:28 Scorpio
- 17:28 – 19:33 Sagittarius
- 19:33 – 21:18 Capricorn
- 21:18 – 22:49 Aquarius
- 22:49 – 00:17 next day Pisces
- 00:17 – 01:55 next day Aries
- 01:55 – 03:52 next day Taurus
- 03:52 – 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