Varanasi panchang, 2 August 2025
Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 12:58 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 18:41- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:26 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 05:26 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta 06:19 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam 08:45 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:22
- 05:30 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:41 to 05:27 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:52 Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 07:23
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:35 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shubha until 05:30
- Karana Bava until 07:23, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 05:30 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 07:23 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 07:23 Karana becomes Balava
- 20:34 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:52 Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:26 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:26 – 06:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:19 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:45 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:22
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 18:41 – 20:50
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:26 – 04:08 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:23 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:26 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:05 – 08:45 | Good |
| Rog | 08:45 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:22 – 17:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:02 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:41 – 20:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:02 – 21:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:22 – 22:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:06 – 05:27 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
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:22 NowMars
- 16:29 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:41 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:29 NowSaturn
- 21:22 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:39 NowJupiter
- 04:33 NowMars
- 05:26 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:26 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:26 NowVenus
- 10:26 NowMercury
- 11:26 NowMoon
- 12:26 NowSaturn
- 13:26 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:26 NowVenus
- 17:26 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:26 NowMars
- 22:26 NowSun
- 23:26 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:26 NowMercury
- 01:26 NowMoon
- 02:26 NowSaturn
- 03:26 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 04:16 Gemini
- 04:16 – 06:34 Cancer
- 06:34 – 08:48 Leo
- 08:48 – 11:01 Virgo
- 11:01 – 13:17 Libra
- 13:17 – 15:34 Scorpio
- 15:34 – 17:39 Sagittarius
- 17:39 – 19:24 Capricorn
- 19:24 – 20:55 Aquarius
- 20:55 – 22:23 Pisces
- 22:23 – 00:01 next day Aries
- 00:01 – 01:58 next day Taurus
- 01:58 – 04:12 next day Gemini
- 04:12 – 05:27 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