Varanasi panchang, 21 July 2025
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 01:22 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 18:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:01 – 08:42
- Yamaganda 10:23 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:06
- 09:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 09:39
- Nakshatra Rohini until 21:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 18:38
- Karana Balava until 09:39, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 09:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:38 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 20:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:07 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:06
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 18:47 – 20:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:20 – 21:07
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 21:07 – 05:21 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 21:07 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:20 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:01 – 08:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:42 – 10:23 | Good |
| Rog | 10:23 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:26 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
| Char | 18:47 – 20:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:06 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:26 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:42 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:02 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:28 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:18 NowSaturn
- 15:26 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:47 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:26 NowSaturn
- 22:18 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:20 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:20 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:20 NowSun
- 10:20 NowVenus
- 11:20 NowMercury
- 12:20 NowMoon
- 13:20 NowSaturn
- 14:20 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:20 NowSun
- 17:20 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:20 NowMoon
- 20:20 NowSaturn
- 21:20 NowJupiter
- 22:20 NowMars
- 23:20 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:20 NowVenus
- 01:20 NowMercury
- 02:20 NowMoon
- 03:20 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:03 Gemini
- 05:03 – 07:21 Cancer
- 07:21 – 09:35 Leo
- 09:35 – 11:48 Virgo
- 11:48 – 14:04 Libra
- 14:04 – 16:21 Scorpio
- 16:21 – 18:26 Sagittarius
- 18:26 – 20:11 Capricorn
- 20:11 – 21:42 Aquarius
- 21:42 – 23:10 Pisces
- 23:10 – 00:48 next day Aries
- 00:48 – 02:46 next day Taurus
- 02:46 – 05:00 next day Gemini
- 05:00 – 05:21 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