Varanasi panchang, 7 July 2025
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:51 Moonrise 16:04 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:51- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:56 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 10:16 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:51 to 05:14 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:51 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:33 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 23:10
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 01:11 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shubha until 22:02
- Karana Bava until 10:16, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:16 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:02 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 23:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:56 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:27
- 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. 03:51 – 04:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:30
- 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 05:14 – 01:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:14 – 06:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:56 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 17:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:09 – 18:51 | Good |
| Char | 18:51 – 20:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:09 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:39 – 03:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:56 – 05:14 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
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:22 NowSaturn
- 07:30 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:54 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:35 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:30 NowSaturn
- 04:22 NowJupiter
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:14 NowSaturn
- 07:14 NowJupiter
- 08:14 NowMars
- 09:14 NowSun
- 10:14 NowVenus
- 11:14 NowMercury
- 12:14 NowMoon
- 13:14 NowSaturn
- 14:14 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:14 NowMars
- 23:14 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:14 NowVenus
- 01:14 NowMercury
- 02:14 NowMoon
- 03:14 NowSaturn
- 04:14 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 05:59 Gemini
- 05:59 – 08:16 Cancer
- 08:16 – 10:30 Leo
- 10:30 – 12:43 Virgo
- 12:43 – 15:00 Libra
- 15:00 – 17:17 Scorpio
- 17:17 – 19:21 Sagittarius
- 19:21 – 21:06 Capricorn
- 21:06 – 22:37 Aquarius
- 22:37 – 00:05 next day Pisces
- 00:05 – 01:44 next day Aries
- 01:44 – 03:41 next day Taurus
- 03:41 – 05:14 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