Varanasi panchang, 9 July 2025
Sunrise 05:15 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 17:56 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:15 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:57 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- 13:11 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:50 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 01:37 next day
- Nakshatra Mula until 04:49 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Brahma until 22:08
- Karana Gara until 13:11, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 13:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:08 Yoga becomes Indra
- 01:37 next day Tithi becomes Purnima
- 01:37 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:57 – 08:39
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
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. 03:52 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:50 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 04:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:15 – 06:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:57 – 08:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:39 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:27 | Bad |
| Char | 15:27 – 17:09 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:09 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:09 – 21:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:21 – 02:39 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:39 – 03:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:57 – 05:15 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
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:23 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:39 NowJupiter
- 09:47 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:27 NowSaturn
- 16:35 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:27 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:39 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:23 NowSaturn
- 05:15 NowMercury
- 06:15 NowMoon
- 07:15 NowSaturn
- 08:15 NowJupiter
- 09:15 NowMars
- 10:15 NowSun
- 11:15 NowVenus
- 12:15 NowMercury
- 13:15 NowMoon
- 14:15 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:15 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:15 NowMercury
- 20:15 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:15 NowJupiter
- 23:15 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:15 NowSun
- 01:15 NowVenus
- 02:15 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:15 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 05:51 Gemini
- 05:51 – 08:08 Cancer
- 08:08 – 10:22 Leo
- 10:22 – 12:35 Virgo
- 12:35 – 14:52 Libra
- 14:52 – 17:09 Scorpio
- 17:09 – 19:13 Sagittarius
- 19:13 – 20:58 Capricorn
- 20:58 – 22:29 Aquarius
- 22:29 – 23:57 Pisces
- 23:57 – 01:36 next day Aries
- 01:36 – 03:33 next day Taurus
- 03:33 – 05:15 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