Varanasi panchang, 17 August 2025
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:30 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:30- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta 16:46 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:53 – 18:30
- 08:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:30 to 05:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 19:24
- Nakshatra Rohini until 03:17 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 01:40 next day
- Karana Taitila until 08:29, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 19:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 19:24 Karana becomes Vanija
- 01:40 next day Yoga becomes Harshana
- 03:17 next day Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:46 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:53 – 18:30
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. 04:05 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:30 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:33 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:38 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:53 – 18:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:30 – 19:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:53 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:39 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:11 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:30 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:20 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:11 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 00:57 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:38 NowMercury
- 05:33 NowSun
- 06:33 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:33 NowMoon
- 09:33 NowSaturn
- 10:33 NowJupiter
- 11:33 NowMars
- 12:33 NowSun
- 13:33 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:33 NowSaturn
- 17:33 NowJupiter
- 18:33 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:33 NowVenus
- 21:33 NowMercury
- 22:33 NowMoon
- 23:33 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:33 NowJupiter
- 01:33 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:33 NowVenus
- 04:33 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:35 Cancer
- 05:35 – 07:49 Leo
- 07:49 – 10:02 Virgo
- 10:02 – 12:18 Libra
- 12:18 – 14:35 Scorpio
- 14:35 – 16:40 Sagittarius
- 16:40 – 18:25 Capricorn
- 18:25 – 19:56 Aquarius
- 19:56 – 21:24 Pisces
- 21:24 – 23:02 Aries
- 23:02 – 01:00 next day Taurus
- 01:00 – 03:13 next day Gemini
- 03:13 – 05:31 next day Cancer
- 05:31 – 05:33 next day Leo
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