Varanasi panchang, 21 August 2025
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:26 Moonrise 03:21 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:26- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:35 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:26
- Rahu Kalam 13:37 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:52
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
Night
18:26 to 05:35 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:26 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 12:45
- Nakshatra Pushya until 00:08 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vyatipata until 16:14
- Karana Vanija until 12:45, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:45 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 12:45 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:14 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 00:08 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:13 – 16:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:43
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:45 – 00:17 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:52
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. 04:06 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:26 – 20:40
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:35 – 00:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:35 – 00:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:35 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:11 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:37 – 15:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:13 – 16:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:50 – 18:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:26 – 19:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:50 – 21:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:13 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:37 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:35 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
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:39 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:56 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 14:09 NowMars
- 15:13 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:22 NowMercury
- 18:26 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:13 NowMars
- 22:09 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:35 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:35 NowSun
- 08:35 NowVenus
- 09:35 NowMercury
- 10:35 NowMoon
- 11:35 NowSaturn
- 12:35 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:35 NowVenus
- 16:35 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:35 NowSaturn
- 19:35 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:35 NowVenus
- 23:35 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMoon
- 01:35 NowSaturn
- 02:35 NowJupiter
- 03:35 NowMars
- 04:35 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:19 Cancer
- 05:19 – 07:33 Leo
- 07:33 – 09:46 Virgo
- 09:46 – 12:03 Libra
- 12:03 – 14:20 Scorpio
- 14:20 – 16:24 Sagittarius
- 16:24 – 18:09 Capricorn
- 18:09 – 19:40 Aquarius
- 19:40 – 21:08 Pisces
- 21:08 – 22:47 Aries
- 22:47 – 00:44 next day Taurus
- 00:44 – 02:58 next day Gemini
- 02:58 – 05:15 next day Cancer
- 05:15 – 05:35 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