Varanasi panchang, 13 August 2025
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:33 Moonrise 21:12 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:33- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:02 – 13:40
- 06:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:31 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:33 to 05:32 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:33 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 06:36
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 10:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:05
- Karana Balava until 06:36, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 06:36 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 10:32 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 16:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 17:31 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:24 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 04:24 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:40
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:05 – 18:05
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:32 – 05:32 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. 04:04 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:33 – 20:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:02 | Good |
| Rog | 12:02 – 13:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:40 – 15:18 | Bad |
| Char | 15:18 – 16:55 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:55 – 18:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:33 – 19:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:55 – 21:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:18 – 22:40 | Good |
| Char | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:32 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:42 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:02 NowVenus
- 13:07 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:28 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:42 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:51 Cancer
- 05:51 – 08:05 Leo
- 08:05 – 10:18 Virgo
- 10:18 – 12:34 Libra
- 12:34 – 14:51 Scorpio
- 14:51 – 16:56 Sagittarius
- 16:56 – 18:41 Capricorn
- 18:41 – 20:11 Aquarius
- 20:11 – 21:40 Pisces
- 21:40 – 23:18 Aries
- 23:18 – 01:15 next day Taurus
- 01:15 – 03:29 next day Gemini
- 03:29 – 05:32 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