Varanasi panchang, 12 September 2025
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:04 Moonrise 21:14 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 18:04- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:16 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:21 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:08
- Yamaganda 14:59 – 16:31
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:30 Moon enters Taurus
Night
18:04 to 05:44 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:04 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:10 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 09:59
- Nakshatra Bharani until 11:58 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 13:43
- Karana Taitila until 09:59, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 09:59 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 09:59 Karana becomes Gara
- 11:58 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 13:43 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 17:30 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:39 Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:11 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:08
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:59 – 16:31
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. 04:10 – 04:57
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:04 – 20:24
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 09:59 – 05:44 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 11:58 – 05:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:43 – 07:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:16 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:21 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:21 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:26 | Good |
| Rog | 13:26 – 14:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:59 – 16:31 | Bad |
| Char | 16:31 – 18:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:04 – 19:31 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:31 – 20:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:59 – 22:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:26 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:16 – 05:44 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 NowVenus
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:47 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:55 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 14:59 NowMoon
- 16:00 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:04 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:00 NowVenus
- 20:59 NowMercury
- 21:57 NowMoon
- 22:55 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:47 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:43 NowVenus
- 06:43 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:43 NowJupiter
- 10:43 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:43 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:43 NowJupiter
- 17:43 NowMars
- 18:43 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:43 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:43 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMars
- 01:43 NowSun
- 02:43 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:10 – 06:07 Leo
- 06:07 – 08:20 Virgo
- 08:20 – 10:36 Libra
- 10:36 – 12:53 Scorpio
- 12:53 – 14:58 Sagittarius
- 14:58 – 16:43 Capricorn
- 16:43 – 18:13 Aquarius
- 18:13 – 19:42 Pisces
- 19:42 – 21:20 Aries
- 21:20 – 23:17 Taurus
- 23:17 – 01:31 next day Gemini
- 01:31 – 03:49 next day Cancer
- 03:49 – 05:44 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