Varanasi panchang, 15 August 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 22:30 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- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:09 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:20
- Yamaganda 15:17 – 16:54
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:32 to 05:32 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:50 Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 23:50
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 07:36 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 10:16
- Karana Vishti until 12:58, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:36 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 10:16 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 23:50 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:09 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:17 – 16:54
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 – 07:36
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 07:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:32 – 07:09 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:09 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:02 – 13:39 | Good |
| Rog | 13:39 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:17 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Char | 16:54 – 18:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:32 – 19:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:54 – 21:17 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:17 – 22:39 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 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
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMercury
- 07:42 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:57 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:07 NowVenus
- 14:12 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:27 NowJupiter
- 18:32 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:12 NowMoon
- 23:07 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:47 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:37 NowMoon
- 05:32 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMercury
- 07:32 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:32 NowJupiter
- 10:32 NowMars
- 11:32 NowSun
- 12:32 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:32 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:32 NowSaturn
- 23:32 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMars
- 01:32 NowSun
- 02:32 NowVenus
- 03:32 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:43 Cancer
- 05:43 – 07:57 Leo
- 07:57 – 10:10 Virgo
- 10:10 – 12:26 Libra
- 12:26 – 14:43 Scorpio
- 14:43 – 16:48 Sagittarius
- 16:48 – 18:33 Capricorn
- 18:33 – 20:04 Aquarius
- 20:04 – 21:32 Pisces
- 21:32 – 23:10 Aries
- 23:10 – 01:07 next day Taurus
- 01:07 – 03:21 next day Gemini
- 03:21 – 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