Varanasi panchang, 10 September 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:06 Moonrise 19:48 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:19 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:27
- 15:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:03 Moon enters Aries
Night
18:06 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:06 – 20:25
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:56 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 15:38
- Nakshatra Revati until 16:03 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vriddhi until 20:31
- Karana Vishti until 15:38, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:38 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 15:38 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:03 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 16:03 Moon enters Aries
- 20:31 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 02:11 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:04 – 15:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:15 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:27
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:43 – 16:03
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 16:03 – 05:43 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. 04:10 – 04:56
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:06 – 20:25
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:43 – 07:15 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:15 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:21 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:27 – 15:00 | Bad |
| Char | 15:00 – 16:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:33 – 18:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:06 – 19:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:33 – 21:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:00 – 22:27 | Good |
| Char | 22:27 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:46 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:56 NowMercury
- 13:58 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:02 NowJupiter
- 17:04 NowMars
- 18:06 NowSun
- 19:04 NowVenus
- 20:02 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 21:58 NowSaturn
- 22:56 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:53 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:47 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:15 Leo
- 06:15 – 08:27 Virgo
- 08:27 – 10:44 Libra
- 10:44 – 13:01 Scorpio
- 13:01 – 15:06 Sagittarius
- 15:06 – 16:51 Capricorn
- 16:51 – 18:21 Aquarius
- 18:21 – 19:50 Pisces
- 19:50 – 21:28 Aries
- 21:28 – 23:25 Taurus
- 23:25 – 01:39 next day Gemini
- 01:39 – 03:57 next day Cancer
- 03:57 – 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