Varanasi panchang, 13 July 2025
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 20:55 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:50- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta 17:01 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam 17:08 – 18:50
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:00 Yoga becomes Ayushman
Night
18:50 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 01:03 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 06:53 · lord Moon
- Yoga Priti until 18:00
- Karana Vanija until 13:27, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:53 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:27 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:00 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:53 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 01:03 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:01 – 17:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:08 – 18:50
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 18:53 – 01:03 next day
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 – 04:35
- 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
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:58 – 08:40 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:40 – 10:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:22 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:08 – 18:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:08 – 21:27 | Good |
| Char | 21:27 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:40 – 03:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:59 – 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
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:24 NowVenus
- 07:32 NowMercury
- 08:40 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:19 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:50 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:27 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:40 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:35 Gemini
- 05:35 – 07:53 Cancer
- 07:53 – 10:07 Leo
- 10:07 – 12:19 Virgo
- 12:19 – 14:36 Libra
- 14:36 – 16:53 Scorpio
- 16:53 – 18:58 Sagittarius
- 18:58 – 20:43 Capricorn
- 20:43 – 22:13 Aquarius
- 22:13 – 23:42 Pisces
- 23:42 – 01:20 next day Aries
- 01:20 – 03:17 next day Taurus
- 03:17 – 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