Varanasi panchang, 3 August 2025
Sunrise 05:27 Sunset 18:41 Moonrise 13:54 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:27 to 18:41- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 12:04 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam 15:22 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta 16:55 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam 17:01 – 18:41
- 06:24 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:35 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:42 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:41 to 05:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:41 – 20:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 09:42
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 06:35 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 06:24
- Karana Kaulava until 09:42, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:24 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 06:35 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 09:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 09:42 Karana becomes Taitila
- 22:45 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:43
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:22 – 17:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:55 – 17:48
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 17:01 – 18:41
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:27 – 06:35
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:35 – 05:27 next day
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. 04:01 – 04:44
- 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 06:35 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:27 – 07:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:06 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:04 – 13:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:43 – 15:22 | Good |
| Rog | 15:22 – 17:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 17:01 – 18:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:41 – 20:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 20:01 – 21:22 | Good |
| Char | 21:22 – 22:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:43 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:04 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:06 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:04 NowMars
- 13:10 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:22 NowMercury
- 16:28 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:41 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:22 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:10 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:04 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
- 05:27 NowSun
- 06:27 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:27 NowJupiter
- 11:27 NowMars
- 12:27 NowSun
- 13:27 NowVenus
- 14:27 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:27 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:27 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:27 NowVenus
- 21:27 NowMercury
- 22:27 NowMoon
- 23:27 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:27 NowJupiter
- 01:27 NowMars
- 02:27 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 04:12 Gemini
- 04:12 – 06:30 Cancer
- 06:30 – 08:44 Leo
- 08:44 – 10:57 Virgo
- 10:57 – 13:13 Libra
- 13:13 – 15:30 Scorpio
- 15:30 – 17:35 Sagittarius
- 17:35 – 19:20 Capricorn
- 19:20 – 20:51 Aquarius
- 20:51 – 22:19 Pisces
- 22:19 – 23:57 Aries
- 23:57 – 01:55 next day Taurus
- 01:55 – 04:08 next day Gemini
- 04:08 – 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