Varanasi panchang, 10 August 2025
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:36 Moonrise 19:29 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:36- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam 15:19 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:51 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:36
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
Night
18:36 to 05:30 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:36 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 12:10
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 13:52 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 00:02 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 12:10, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Cancer
- 12:10 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 12:10 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:52 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 23:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:02 next day Yoga becomes Atiganda
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:19 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:51 – 17:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:36
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:02 – 02:26 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. 04:03 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:36 – 20:46
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:30 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:08 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:41 – 15:19 | Good |
| Rog | 15:19 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:36 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:19 | Good |
| Char | 21:19 – 22:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 05:30 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
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:41 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:08 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:25 NowMoon
- 17:30 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:30 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:19 NowVenus
- 22:14 NowMercury
- 23:08 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowSun
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:03 Cancer
- 06:03 – 08:17 Leo
- 08:17 – 10:29 Virgo
- 10:29 – 12:46 Libra
- 12:46 – 15:03 Scorpio
- 15:03 – 17:08 Sagittarius
- 17:08 – 18:52 Capricorn
- 18:52 – 20:23 Aquarius
- 20:23 – 21:52 Pisces
- 21:52 – 23:30 Aries
- 23:30 – 01:27 next day Taurus
- 01:27 – 03:41 next day Gemini
- 03:41 – 05:30 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