Varanasi panchang, 30 August 2025
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 11:43 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 18:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:38 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta 05:38 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:08
- 07:53 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:35 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Night
18:18 to 05:39 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:47 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:47
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 14:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 15:09
- Karana Gara until 09:35, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:53 Moon enters Scorpio
- 09:35 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:37 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 15:09 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:38 – 07:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:38 – 06:29
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:29 – 07:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:23
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:09 – 15:59 next day
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. 04:08 – 04:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:38 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:23 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Char | 11:58 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:43 – 18:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:18 – 19:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Char | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:14 – 05:39 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 NowSaturn
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:58 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:04 NowJupiter
- 15:08 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:14 NowVenus
- 18:18 NowMercury
- 19:14 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:58 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:48 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:44 Cancer
- 04:44 – 06:58 Leo
- 06:58 – 09:11 Virgo
- 09:11 – 11:27 Libra
- 11:27 – 13:44 Scorpio
- 13:44 – 15:49 Sagittarius
- 15:49 – 17:34 Capricorn
- 17:34 – 19:05 Aquarius
- 19:05 – 20:33 Pisces
- 20:33 – 22:11 Aries
- 22:11 – 00:08 next day Taurus
- 00:08 – 02:22 next day Gemini
- 02:22 – 04:40 next day Cancer
- 04:40 – 05:39 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