Varanasi panchang, 16 August 2025
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 23:17 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 18:31- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:32 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta 06:24 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Yamaganda 13:39 – 15:16
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:31 to 05:33 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 21:35
- Nakshatra Bharani until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 07:21
- Karana Balava until 10:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 07:21 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 10:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:43 Moon enters Taurus
- 21:35 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 21:35 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:28 next day Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 04:38 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:32 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:32 – 06:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:24 – 07:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:28 – 08:04 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 – 04:48
- 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 18:31 – 20:43
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 21:35 – 05:33 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 04:38 – 05:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:38 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:32 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:47 | Good |
| Rog | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Char | 12:02 – 13:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:39 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:53 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:53 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:31 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:53 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:33 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 NowSaturn
- 06:37 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:47 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:02 NowMoon
- 13:06 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:26 NowVenus
- 18:31 NowMercury
- 19:26 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:07 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:02 NowVenus
- 00:57 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:47 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:32 NowSaturn
- 06:32 NowJupiter
- 07:32 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:32 NowVenus
- 10:32 NowMercury
- 11:32 NowMoon
- 12:32 NowSaturn
- 13:32 NowJupiter
- 14:32 NowMars
- 15:32 NowSun
- 16:32 NowVenus
- 17:32 NowMercury
- 18:32 NowMoon
- 19:32 NowSaturn
- 20:32 NowJupiter
- 21:32 NowMars
- 22:32 NowSun
- 23:32 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMercury
- 01:32 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:32 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:39 Cancer
- 05:39 – 07:53 Leo
- 07:53 – 10:06 Virgo
- 10:06 – 12:22 Libra
- 12:22 – 14:39 Scorpio
- 14:39 – 16:44 Sagittarius
- 16:44 – 18:29 Capricorn
- 18:29 – 20:00 Aquarius
- 20:00 – 21:28 Pisces
- 21:28 – 23:06 Aries
- 23:06 – 01:03 next day Taurus
- 01:03 – 03:17 next day Gemini
- 03:17 – 05:33 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