Varanasi panchang, 27 August 2025
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 09:01 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 18:21- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:59 – 13:34
- 06:04 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:44 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:21 to 05:38 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:21 Moon enters Libra
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 15:44
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:04 · lord Moon
- Yoga Shubha until 12:34
- Karana Vishti until 15:44, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:04 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 15:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 15:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:21 Moon enters Libra
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:34
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 09:12 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 08:05 – 10:18
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 06:04
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:37 – 06:04
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:37 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:59 | Good |
| Rog | 11:59 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:45 – 18:21 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:21 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:34 | Good |
| Char | 22:34 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:13 – 05:38 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 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:59 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:17 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:17 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:03 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:55 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:41 NowSaturn
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:37 NowMoon
- 07:37 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:37 NowMars
- 10:37 NowSun
- 11:37 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:37 NowMoon
- 14:37 NowSaturn
- 15:37 NowJupiter
- 16:37 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:37 NowVenus
- 19:37 NowMercury
- 20:37 NowMoon
- 21:37 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:37 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:37 NowSun
- 01:37 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:37 NowMoon
- 04:37 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:56 Cancer
- 04:56 – 07:10 Leo
- 07:10 – 09:23 Virgo
- 09:23 – 11:39 Libra
- 11:39 – 13:56 Scorpio
- 13:56 – 16:01 Sagittarius
- 16:01 – 17:46 Capricorn
- 17:46 – 19:16 Aquarius
- 19:16 – 20:45 Pisces
- 20:45 – 22:23 Aries
- 22:23 – 00:20 next day Taurus
- 00:20 – 02:34 next day Gemini
- 02:34 – 04:52 next day Cancer
- 04:52 – 05:38 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