Varanasi panchang, 16 July 2025
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 22:36 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:49- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:45
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 21:02
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 05:46 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 11:57
- Karana Gara until 09:53, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:46 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 09:53 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:57 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 21:02 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:30
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:57 – 14:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 21:02 – 08:07 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 04:50 – 05:18 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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:49 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:46 – 04:50 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:02 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:18 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:08 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:00 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:41 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:41 NowMercury
- 03:34 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:18 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:18 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:18 NowSun
- 11:18 NowVenus
- 12:18 NowMercury
- 13:18 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:18 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:18 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:18 NowMercury
- 20:18 NowMoon
- 21:18 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:18 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:18 NowSun
- 01:18 NowVenus
- 02:18 NowMercury
- 03:18 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:23 Gemini
- 05:23 – 07:41 Cancer
- 07:41 – 09:55 Leo
- 09:55 – 12:08 Virgo
- 12:08 – 14:24 Libra
- 14:24 – 16:41 Scorpio
- 16:41 – 18:46 Sagittarius
- 18:46 – 20:31 Capricorn
- 20:31 – 22:02 Aquarius
- 22:02 – 23:30 Pisces
- 23:30 – 01:08 next day Aries
- 01:08 – 03:05 next day Taurus
- 03:05 – 05:18 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