Varanasi panchang, 12 July 2025
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 20:17 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:50- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:16 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta 05:16 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta 06:10 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam 08:40 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:27
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:00 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:50 to 05:17 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 01:46 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:36 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 19:31
- Karana Taitila until 14:00, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:36 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 14:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:31 Yoga becomes Priti
- 01:46 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 01:46 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:16 – 06:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:16 – 06:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:10 – 07:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:40 – 10:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:36 – 05:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:16 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:58 – 08:40 | Good |
| Rog | 08:40 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:27 – 17:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:27 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:58 – 05:17 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
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:24 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:40 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:50 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:27 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:40 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:16 NowSaturn
- 06:16 NowJupiter
- 07:16 NowMars
- 08:16 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:16 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:16 NowSaturn
- 13:16 NowJupiter
- 14:16 NowMars
- 15:16 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:16 NowJupiter
- 21:16 NowMars
- 22:16 NowSun
- 23:16 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:16 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:16 NowSaturn
- 03:16 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:39 Gemini
- 05:39 – 07:57 Cancer
- 07:57 – 10:11 Leo
- 10:11 – 12:23 Virgo
- 12:23 – 14:40 Libra
- 14:40 – 16:57 Scorpio
- 16:57 – 19:02 Sagittarius
- 19:02 – 20:46 Capricorn
- 20:46 – 22:17 Aquarius
- 22:17 – 23:46 Pisces
- 23:46 – 01:24 next day Aries
- 01:24 – 03:21 next day Taurus
- 03:21 – 05:17 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