Varanasi panchang, 20 July 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 00:32 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:48- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam 15:26 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta 17:00 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam 17:07 – 18:48
- 06:12 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:48 to 05:20 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:56 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 12:13
- Nakshatra Krittika until 22:53 · lord Sun
- Yoga Ganda until 21:48
- Karana Vishti until 12:13, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:12 Moon enters Taurus
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:48 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 22:56 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 17:00 – 17:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:07 – 18:48
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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:20 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:01 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Rog | 15:26 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:07 – 21:26 | Good |
| Char | 21:26 – 22:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:01 – 05:20 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
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:11 NowSun
- 14:18 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:33 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:48 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:33 NowSun
- 21:26 NowVenus
- 22:19 NowMercury
- 23:11 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:07 Gemini
- 05:07 – 07:25 Cancer
- 07:25 – 09:39 Leo
- 09:39 – 11:52 Virgo
- 11:52 – 14:08 Libra
- 14:08 – 16:25 Scorpio
- 16:25 – 18:30 Sagittarius
- 18:30 – 20:15 Capricorn
- 20:15 – 21:46 Aquarius
- 21:46 – 23:14 Pisces
- 23:14 – 00:52 next day Aries
- 00:52 – 02:50 next day Taurus
- 02:50 – 05:03 next day Gemini
- 05:03 – 05:20 next day Cancer
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