Varanasi panchang, 14 August 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 21:49 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:32- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:32 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta 15:04 – 15:56
- 09:06 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:06 Moon enters Aries
- 13:12 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:16 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:32 to 05:32 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:07 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 09:06 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 13:12
- Karana Gara until 15:16, then Vanija
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:06 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 09:06 Moon enters Aries
- 13:12 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 15:16 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:07 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:09
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 13:12 – 15:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:04 – 15:56
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 16:47 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 15:49 – 17:44
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 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:32 – 20:44
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 09:06
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 09:06 – 05:32 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:06 – 05:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:32 – 07:09 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:09 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:17 – 16:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:55 – 18:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:32 – 19:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:55 – 21:17 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:17 – 22:40 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:40 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:10 – 05:32 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
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:42 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:07 NowJupiter
- 14:12 NowMars
- 15:17 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:27 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:27 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:17 NowMars
- 22:12 NowSun
- 23:07 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:02 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:32 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:47 Cancer
- 05:47 – 08:01 Leo
- 08:01 – 10:14 Virgo
- 10:14 – 12:30 Libra
- 12:30 – 14:47 Scorpio
- 14:47 – 16:52 Sagittarius
- 16:52 – 18:37 Capricorn
- 18:37 – 20:07 Aquarius
- 20:07 – 21:36 Pisces
- 21:36 – 23:14 Aries
- 23:14 – 01:11 next day Taurus
- 01:11 – 03:25 next day Gemini
- 03:25 – 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