Varanasi panchang, 31 August 2025
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:17 Moonrise 12:39 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:17- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:58 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:42
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam 16:42 – 18:17
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Night
18:17 to 05:39 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:17 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:58 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 17:27 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 15:59
- Karana Vishti until 11:55, then Bava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Leo
- 11:55 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:59 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 17:27 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 00:58 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:58 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:42
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:59 – 17:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:42 – 18:17
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:39 – 17:27
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 17:27 – 05:39 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) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:17 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:39 – 07:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:13 – 08:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:48 – 10:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:58 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:32 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:42 – 18:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:17 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:42 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:48 – 04:14 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:45 NowMercury
- 08:48 NowMoon
- 09:51 NowSaturn
- 10:54 NowJupiter
- 11:58 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:04 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:13 NowSaturn
- 18:17 NowJupiter
- 19:13 NowMars
- 20:10 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:04 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:58 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:48 NowSun
- 03:45 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:40 Cancer
- 04:40 – 06:54 Leo
- 06:54 – 09:07 Virgo
- 09:07 – 11:23 Libra
- 11:23 – 13:40 Scorpio
- 13:40 – 15:45 Sagittarius
- 15:45 – 17:30 Capricorn
- 17:30 – 19:01 Aquarius
- 19:01 – 20:29 Pisces
- 20:29 – 22:07 Aries
- 22:07 – 00:04 next day Taurus
- 00:04 – 02:18 next day Gemini
- 02:18 – 04:36 next day Cancer
- 04:36 – 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