Varanasi panchang, 19 August 2025
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 01:12 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:28- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 08:47 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Gulika Kalam 12:01 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam 15:14 – 16:51
- 15:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:28 to 05:34 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 15:33
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:07 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 20:29
- Karana Balava until 15:33, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:33 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 15:33 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:29 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:07 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 02:43 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:51
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 18:28 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:34 – 07:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:11 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Char | 08:47 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:01 – 13:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:38 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:14 – 16:51 | Good |
| Rog | 16:51 – 18:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:28 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:51 – 21:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:15 – 22:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:38 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:01 NowJupiter
- 13:05 NowMars
- 14:10 NowSun
- 15:14 NowVenus
- 16:19 NowMercury
- 17:24 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:24 NowJupiter
- 20:19 NowMars
- 21:15 NowSun
- 22:10 NowVenus
- 23:06 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMoon
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:39 NowVenus
- 05:34 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSun
- 07:34 NowVenus
- 08:34 NowMercury
- 09:34 NowMoon
- 10:34 NowSaturn
- 11:34 NowJupiter
- 12:34 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:34 NowMercury
- 16:34 NowMoon
- 17:34 NowSaturn
- 18:34 NowJupiter
- 19:34 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:34 NowMercury
- 23:34 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:34 NowSaturn
- 01:34 NowJupiter
- 02:34 NowMars
- 03:34 NowSun
- 04:34 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:27 Cancer
- 05:27 – 07:41 Leo
- 07:41 – 09:54 Virgo
- 09:54 – 12:10 Libra
- 12:10 – 14:27 Scorpio
- 14:27 – 16:32 Sagittarius
- 16:32 – 18:17 Capricorn
- 18:17 – 19:48 Aquarius
- 19:48 – 21:16 Pisces
- 21:16 – 22:54 Aries
- 22:54 – 00:52 next day Taurus
- 00:52 – 03:06 next day Gemini
- 03:06 – 05:23 next day Cancer
- 05:23 – 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