Varanasi panchang, 26 August 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 08:09 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:22- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 11:59 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:10 – 16:46
- 12:08 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:55 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:22 to 05:37 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 13:55
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:04 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 12:08
- Karana Gara until 13:55, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 12:08 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 13:55 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 13:55 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:46 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:10 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:46
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. 04:07 – 04:52
- 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 18:22 – 20:37
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 05:37 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:37 – 13:55
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:37 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 11:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:59 – 13:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:35 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:10 – 16:46 | Good |
| Rog | 16:46 – 18:22 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:22 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:46 – 21:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:10 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:35 – 23:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:13 – 05:37 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
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:55 NowSaturn
- 11:59 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:07 NowSun
- 15:10 NowVenus
- 16:14 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:22 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:14 NowMars
- 21:10 NowSun
- 22:07 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- 23:59 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:41 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:37 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:37 NowMercury
- 09:37 NowMoon
- 10:37 NowSaturn
- 11:37 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:37 NowSun
- 14:37 NowVenus
- 15:37 NowMercury
- 16:37 NowMoon
- 17:37 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:37 NowMars
- 20:37 NowSun
- 21:37 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:37 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSaturn
- 01:37 NowJupiter
- 02:37 NowMars
- 03:37 NowSun
- 04:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 05:00 Cancer
- 05:00 – 07:14 Leo
- 07:14 – 09:26 Virgo
- 09:26 – 11:43 Libra
- 11:43 – 14:00 Scorpio
- 14:00 – 16:05 Sagittarius
- 16:05 – 17:50 Capricorn
- 17:50 – 19:20 Aquarius
- 19:20 – 20:49 Pisces
- 20:49 – 22:27 Aries
- 22:27 – 00:24 next day Taurus
- 00:24 – 02:38 next day Gemini
- 02:38 – 04:56 next day Cancer
- 04:56 – 05:37 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