Varanasi panchang, 28 July 2025
Sunrise 05:24 Sunset 18:44 Moonrise 08:33 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:24 to 18:44- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:04 – 08:44
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Durmuhurta 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:44 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta 15:11 – 16:04
- 10:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Night
18:44 to 05:24 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:44 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:53 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 23:24
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 17:35 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 02:53 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:58, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:35 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 23:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 23:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:00 next day Moon enters Virgo
- 02:53 next day Yoga becomes Shiva
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:13 – 15:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:04 – 08:44
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 10:58 – 23:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:31 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:44 – 15:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:11 – 16:04
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. 03:58 – 04:41
- 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 18:44 – 20:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:24 – 17:35
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:24 – 07:04 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:04 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:44 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:04 – 13:44 | Bad |
| Char | 13:44 – 15:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:24 – 17:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:04 – 18:44 | Good |
| Char | 18:44 – 20:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:04 – 21:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:24 – 22:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:44 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:44 – 04:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:04 – 05:24 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
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:04 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:24 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:24 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:51 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:37 NowSaturn
- 04:31 NowJupiter
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:24 NowJupiter
- 08:24 NowMars
- 09:24 NowSun
- 10:24 NowVenus
- 11:24 NowMercury
- 12:24 NowMoon
- 13:24 NowSaturn
- 14:24 NowJupiter
- 15:24 NowMars
- 16:24 NowSun
- 17:24 NowVenus
- 18:24 NowMercury
- 19:24 NowMoon
- 20:24 NowSaturn
- 21:24 NowJupiter
- 22:24 NowMars
- 23:24 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:24 NowVenus
- 01:24 NowMercury
- 02:24 NowMoon
- 03:24 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:58 – 04:36 Gemini
- 04:36 – 06:54 Cancer
- 06:54 – 09:08 Leo
- 09:08 – 11:20 Virgo
- 11:20 – 13:37 Libra
- 13:37 – 15:54 Scorpio
- 15:54 – 17:59 Sagittarius
- 17:59 – 19:44 Capricorn
- 19:44 – 21:14 Aquarius
- 21:14 – 22:43 Pisces
- 22:43 – 00:21 next day Aries
- 00:21 – 02:18 next day Taurus
- 02:18 – 04:32 next day Gemini
- 04:32 – 05:24 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