Varanasi panchang, 9 September 2025
Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 18:07 Moonrise 19:11 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:42 to 18:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:19
- Gulika Kalam 11:55 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam 15:01 – 16:34
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
Night
18:07 to 05:43 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:07 – 20:26
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:29
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 18:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 23:58
- Karana Taitila until 07:52, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:52 Karana becomes Gara
- 18:07 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 18:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:58 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 05:04 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:20 – 05:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:01 – 16:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 15:38 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:33 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:36 – 15:30
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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:07 – 20:26
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:42 – 18:07
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:42 – 18:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 18:29 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:42 – 07:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:15 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:55 – 13:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:28 – 15:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:01 – 16:34 | Good |
| Rog | 16:34 – 18:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:07 – 19:34 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:34 – 21:01 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:01 – 22:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:28 – 23:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:55 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:16 – 05:43 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
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSun
- 07:46 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:55 NowJupiter
- 12:57 NowMars
- 13:59 NowSun
- 15:01 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:05 NowMoon
- 18:07 NowSaturn
- 19:05 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:01 NowSun
- 21:59 NowVenus
- 22:57 NowMercury
- 23:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSaturn
- 01:51 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:19 Leo
- 06:19 – 08:31 Virgo
- 08:31 – 10:48 Libra
- 10:48 – 13:05 Scorpio
- 13:05 – 15:10 Sagittarius
- 15:10 – 16:54 Capricorn
- 16:54 – 18:25 Aquarius
- 18:25 – 19:54 Pisces
- 19:54 – 21:32 Aries
- 21:32 – 23:29 Taurus
- 23:29 – 01:43 next day Gemini
- 01:43 – 04:01 next day Cancer
- 04:01 – 05:43 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