Varanasi panchang, 4 September 2025
Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 18:12 Moonrise 16:05 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 18:12- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:40 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:30 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta 14:52 – 15:42
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:20 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:12 to 05:41 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:12 – 20:30
- Brahma Muhurta 04:09 – 04:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 04:08 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 23:44 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 15:21
- Karana Bava until 16:20, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:21 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 16:20 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:44 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 04:08 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 04:08 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:40 – 07:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 15:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:52 – 15:42
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. 04:09 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:12 – 20:30
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:40 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:14 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:30 – 15:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:04 – 16:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:38 – 18:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:12 – 19:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:38 – 21:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:04 – 22:30 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:30 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:23 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:15 – 05:41 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
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:46 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 12:59 NowJupiter
- 14:02 NowMars
- 15:04 NowSun
- 16:07 NowVenus
- 17:10 NowMercury
- 18:12 NowMoon
- 19:10 NowSaturn
- 20:07 NowJupiter
- 21:04 NowMars
- 22:02 NowSun
- 22:59 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:46 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
- 05:40 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:09 – 04:24 Cancer
- 04:24 – 06:38 Leo
- 06:38 – 08:51 Virgo
- 08:51 – 11:08 Libra
- 11:08 – 13:25 Scorpio
- 13:25 – 15:29 Sagittarius
- 15:29 – 17:14 Capricorn
- 17:14 – 18:45 Aquarius
- 18:45 – 20:13 Pisces
- 20:13 – 21:52 Aries
- 21:52 – 23:49 Taurus
- 23:49 – 02:03 next day Gemini
- 02:03 – 04:20 next day Cancer
- 04:20 – 05:41 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