Varanasi panchang, 3 September 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 15:19 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:40 to 18:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:31
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:13 to 05:40 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:31
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:54 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 04:22 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 23:08 · lord Venus
- Yoga Ayushman until 16:17
- Karana Vanija until 16:13, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 16:13 Karana becomes Vishti
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 23:08 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:22 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 04:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 05:21 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:31
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 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:40 – 23:08
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:22 – 05:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:14 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:31 – 15:05 | Bad |
| Char | 15:05 – 16:39 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:39 – 18:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:13 – 19:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:39 – 21:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:05 – 22:31 | Good |
| Char | 22:31 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:14 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:14 – 05:40 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
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 14:02 NowMoon
- 15:05 NowSaturn
- 16:08 NowJupiter
- 17:11 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:11 NowVenus
- 20:08 NowMercury
- 21:05 NowMoon
- 22:02 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:46 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:28 Cancer
- 04:28 – 06:42 Leo
- 06:42 – 08:55 Virgo
- 08:55 – 11:12 Libra
- 11:12 – 13:28 Scorpio
- 13:28 – 15:33 Sagittarius
- 15:33 – 17:18 Capricorn
- 17:18 – 18:49 Aquarius
- 18:49 – 20:17 Pisces
- 20:17 – 21:55 Aries
- 21:55 – 23:53 Taurus
- 23:53 – 02:07 next day Gemini
- 02:07 – 04:24 next day Cancer
- 04:24 – 05:40 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