Varanasi panchang, 1 August 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:42 Moonrise 12:04 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:26 to 18:42- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:05 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta 08:05 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda 15:23 – 17:02
- 18:11 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:42 to 05:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:42 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:23 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 03:40 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 05:30 next day
- Karana Vishti until 18:11, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 18:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:05 – 08:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:05 – 08:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:23 – 17:02
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 15:13 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 14:06 – 16:20
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. 04:00 – 04:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:42 – 20:51
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 03:40 – 05:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:26 – 07:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:05 – 08:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:04 – 13:43 | Good |
| Rog | 13:43 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:23 – 17:02 | Bad |
| Char | 17:02 – 18:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:42 – 20:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:02 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:23 – 22:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:06 – 05:26 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
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:04 NowSun
- 13:10 NowVenus
- 14:16 NowMercury
- 15:23 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:23 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:10 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:58 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:39 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:26 NowVenus
- 06:26 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:26 NowMars
- 11:26 NowSun
- 12:26 NowVenus
- 13:26 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:26 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:26 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:26 NowSaturn
- 23:26 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMars
- 01:26 NowSun
- 02:26 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:20 Gemini
- 04:20 – 06:38 Cancer
- 06:38 – 08:52 Leo
- 08:52 – 11:05 Virgo
- 11:05 – 13:21 Libra
- 13:21 – 15:38 Scorpio
- 15:38 – 17:43 Sagittarius
- 17:43 – 19:28 Capricorn
- 19:28 – 20:59 Aquarius
- 20:59 – 22:27 Pisces
- 22:27 – 00:05 next day Aries
- 00:05 – 02:02 next day Taurus
- 02:02 – 04:16 next day Gemini
- 04:16 – 05:26 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