Varanasi panchang, 28 August 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 09:54 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:20- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:38 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:20 to 05:38 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 17:57
- Nakshatra Chitra until 08:43 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shukla until 13:18
- Karana Balava until 17:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 13:18 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 17:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
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) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:20 – 20:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:38 – 17:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:13 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Char | 10:23 – 11:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:59 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:20 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:34 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:59 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:06 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:13 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:20 NowMoon
- 19:16 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:06 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:48 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:38 NowJupiter
- 06:38 NowMars
- 07:38 NowSun
- 08:38 NowVenus
- 09:38 NowMercury
- 10:38 NowMoon
- 11:38 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:38 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:38 NowMercury
- 17:38 NowMoon
- 18:38 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:38 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:38 NowVenus
- 23:38 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMoon
- 01:38 NowSaturn
- 02:38 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:52 Cancer
- 04:52 – 07:06 Leo
- 07:06 – 09:19 Virgo
- 09:19 – 11:35 Libra
- 11:35 – 13:52 Scorpio
- 13:52 – 15:57 Sagittarius
- 15:57 – 17:42 Capricorn
- 17:42 – 19:12 Aquarius
- 19:12 – 20:41 Pisces
- 20:41 – 22:19 Aries
- 22:19 – 00:16 next day Taurus
- 00:16 – 02:30 next day Gemini
- 02:30 – 04:48 next day Cancer
- 04:48 – 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