Varanasi panchang, 15 September 2025
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:01 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:01- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:16 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:20 – 11:52
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 13:25 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta 14:44 – 15:33
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:16 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:01 to 05:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:01 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Navami until 01:31 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 07:31 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vyatipata until 02:34 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:16, then Gara
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:16 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:31 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dashami
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:55 – 02:34 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:16 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:25 – 14:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:44 – 15:33
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. 04:11 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:01 – 20:21
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:44 – 07:31
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:44 – 07:31
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:44 – 07:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:16 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Rog | 10:20 – 11:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:52 – 13:25 | Bad |
| Char | 13:25 – 14:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:57 – 16:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:29 – 18:01 | Good |
| Char | 18:01 – 19:29 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:29 – 20:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:57 – 22:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:25 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:17 – 05:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:50 NowSun
- 10:51 NowVenus
- 11:52 NowMercury
- 12:54 NowMoon
- 13:55 NowSaturn
- 14:57 NowJupiter
- 15:58 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 18:01 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:58 NowMoon
- 20:57 NowSaturn
- 21:55 NowJupiter
- 22:54 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:50 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMoon
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:55 Leo
- 05:55 – 08:08 Virgo
- 08:08 – 10:24 Libra
- 10:24 – 12:41 Scorpio
- 12:41 – 14:46 Sagittarius
- 14:46 – 16:31 Capricorn
- 16:31 – 18:02 Aquarius
- 18:02 – 19:30 Pisces
- 19:30 – 21:08 Aries
- 21:08 – 23:05 Taurus
- 23:05 – 01:19 next day Gemini
- 01:19 – 03:37 next day Cancer
- 03:37 – 05:45 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