Varanasi panchang, 6 August 2025
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 16:39 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:38- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:42
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:38 to 05:28 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 14:08
- Nakshatra Mula until 13:00 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 07:17
- Karana Balava until 14:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:17 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:08 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 14:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:24 – 07:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:46
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 07:17 – 08:29
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:42
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 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:38 – 20:48
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:28 – 14:08
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:28 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:21 | Bad |
| Char | 15:21 – 17:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:00 – 18:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:38 – 20:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:00 – 21:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:21 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:34 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:21 NowSaturn
- 16:27 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:38 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:21 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:58 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:46 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:28 NowMercury
- 06:28 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:28 NowJupiter
- 09:28 NowMars
- 10:28 NowSun
- 11:28 NowVenus
- 12:28 NowMercury
- 13:28 NowMoon
- 14:28 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:28 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:28 NowMoon
- 21:28 NowSaturn
- 22:28 NowJupiter
- 23:28 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:28 NowSun
- 01:28 NowVenus
- 02:28 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 06:18 Cancer
- 06:18 – 08:32 Leo
- 08:32 – 10:45 Virgo
- 10:45 – 13:02 Libra
- 13:02 – 15:19 Scorpio
- 15:19 – 17:23 Sagittarius
- 17:23 – 19:08 Capricorn
- 19:08 – 20:39 Aquarius
- 20:39 – 22:07 Pisces
- 22:07 – 23:46 Aries
- 23:46 – 01:43 next day Taurus
- 01:43 – 03:57 next day Gemini
- 03:57 – 05:28 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