Varanasi panchang, 18 August 2025
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 00:11 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 18:29- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:10 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam 13:38 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:54
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:29 to 05:34 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 17:23
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 02:06 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 22:59
- Karana Vanija until 06:22, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:22 Karana becomes Vishti
- 14:40 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:23 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 17:23 Karana becomes Bava
- 22:59 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:06 next day Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:38 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 22:59 – 00:11 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. 04:05 – 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 18:29 – 20:42
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:33 – 02:06 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:33 – 02:06 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:33 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:01 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Char | 13:38 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:52 – 18:29 | Good |
| Char | 18:29 – 19:52 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:52 – 21:15 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:15 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:11 – 05:34 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:38 NowSaturn
- 07:43 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:01 NowMercury
- 13:06 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:24 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:24 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:15 NowSaturn
- 22:11 NowJupiter
- 23:06 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:01 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:43 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:33 NowMoon
- 06:33 NowSaturn
- 07:33 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:33 NowSun
- 10:33 NowVenus
- 11:33 NowMercury
- 12:33 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:33 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:33 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:33 NowMoon
- 20:33 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:33 NowMars
- 23:33 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:33 NowVenus
- 01:33 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:33 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:31 Cancer
- 05:31 – 07:45 Leo
- 07:45 – 09:58 Virgo
- 09:58 – 12:14 Libra
- 12:14 – 14:31 Scorpio
- 14:31 – 16:36 Sagittarius
- 16:36 – 18:21 Capricorn
- 18:21 – 19:52 Aquarius
- 19:52 – 21:20 Pisces
- 21:20 – 22:58 Aries
- 22:58 – 00:56 next day Taurus
- 00:56 – 03:09 next day Gemini
- 03:09 – 05:27 next day Cancer
- 05:27 – 05:34 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