Varanasi panchang, 24 August 2025
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 06:22 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:23- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Yamaganda 12:00 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:41 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:23
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Siddha
Night
18:23 to 05:36 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 11:48
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 02:05 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Shiva until 12:29
- Karana Bava until 11:48, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:48 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 11:48 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:29 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 00:07 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
- 02:05 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:41 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:23
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 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:05 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:36 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:12 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:00 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:36 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:23 – 19:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:48 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:40 NowVenus
- 07:44 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 12:00 NowMars
- 13:04 NowSun
- 14:08 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:08 NowMercury
- 23:04 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:44 NowVenus
- 04:40 NowMercury
- 05:36 NowSun
- 06:36 NowVenus
- 07:36 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:36 NowSaturn
- 10:36 NowJupiter
- 11:36 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:36 NowVenus
- 14:36 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:36 NowSaturn
- 17:36 NowJupiter
- 18:36 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:36 NowVenus
- 21:36 NowMercury
- 22:36 NowMoon
- 23:36 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:36 NowJupiter
- 01:36 NowMars
- 02:36 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:36 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:08 Cancer
- 05:08 – 07:21 Leo
- 07:21 – 09:34 Virgo
- 09:34 – 11:51 Libra
- 11:51 – 14:08 Scorpio
- 14:08 – 16:13 Sagittarius
- 16:13 – 17:57 Capricorn
- 17:57 – 19:28 Aquarius
- 19:28 – 20:57 Pisces
- 20:57 – 22:35 Aries
- 22:35 – 00:32 next day Taurus
- 00:32 – 02:46 next day Gemini
- 02:46 – 05:04 next day Cancer
- 05:04 – 05:36 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