Varanasi panchang, 24 July 2025
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:46 Moonrise 04:29 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:46- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:22 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:50 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam 13:44 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta 15:12 – 16:05
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
Night
18:46 to 05:22 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:46 – 20:53
- Brahma Muhurta 03:57 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 00:41 next day
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 16:43 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Harshana until 09:50
- Karana Chatushpada until 13:31, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:50 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 10:59 Moon enters Cancer
- 13:31 Karana becomes Naga
- 16:43 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 00:41 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 00:41 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:22 – 07:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:50 – 10:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:50 – 11:02
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:12 – 16:05
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. 03:57 – 04:39
- 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 18:46 – 20:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:22 – 16:43
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:22 – 16:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:22 – 00:41 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:43 – 05:22 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:43 – 05:22 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:22 – 07:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:02 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:44 – 15:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:25 – 17:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:05 – 18:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:46 – 20:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 20:06 – 21:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:25 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:03 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:03 – 05:22 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
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:50 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:39 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:39 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:36 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:22 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMars
- 07:22 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:22 NowMoon
- 11:22 NowSaturn
- 12:22 NowJupiter
- 13:22 NowMars
- 14:22 NowSun
- 15:22 NowVenus
- 16:22 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:22 NowJupiter
- 20:22 NowMars
- 21:22 NowSun
- 22:22 NowVenus
- 23:22 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:22 NowMoon
- 01:22 NowSaturn
- 02:22 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:22 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:52 Gemini
- 04:52 – 07:09 Cancer
- 07:09 – 09:23 Leo
- 09:23 – 11:36 Virgo
- 11:36 – 13:53 Libra
- 13:53 – 16:10 Scorpio
- 16:10 – 18:14 Sagittarius
- 18:14 – 19:59 Capricorn
- 19:59 – 21:30 Aquarius
- 21:30 – 22:58 Pisces
- 22:58 – 00:37 next day Aries
- 00:37 – 02:34 next day Taurus
- 02:34 – 04:48 next day Gemini
- 04:48 – 05:22 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