Varanasi panchang, 16 September 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 18:00 Moonrise 00:09 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:45 to 18:00- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:52 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam 14:56 – 16:28
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:00 to 05:45 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:00 – 20:21
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 00:22 next day
- Nakshatra Ardra until 06:46 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Variyan until 00:34 next day
- Karana Vanija until 12:53, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:46 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 12:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:22 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 00:22 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 00:28 next day Moon enters Cancer
- 00:34 next day Yoga becomes Parigha
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:56 – 16:28
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 00:34 – 11:44 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. 04:11 – 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 18:00 – 20:21
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:45 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:52 – 13:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:24 – 14:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:56 – 16:28 | Good |
| Rog | 16:28 – 18:00 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:00 – 19:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:28 – 20:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:56 – 22:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:24 – 23:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:52 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:21 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:17 – 05:45 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
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:46 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:50 NowMoon
- 10:51 NowSaturn
- 11:52 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:55 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:57 NowMercury
- 16:58 NowMoon
- 18:00 NowSaturn
- 18:58 NowJupiter
- 19:57 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:55 NowVenus
- 22:54 NowMercury
- 23:52 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSaturn
- 01:50 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:46 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:51 Leo
- 05:51 – 08:04 Virgo
- 08:04 – 10:20 Libra
- 10:20 – 12:37 Scorpio
- 12:37 – 14:42 Sagittarius
- 14:42 – 16:27 Capricorn
- 16:27 – 17:58 Aquarius
- 17:58 – 19:26 Pisces
- 19:26 – 21:04 Aries
- 21:04 – 23:02 Taurus
- 23:02 – 01:15 next day Gemini
- 01:15 – 03:33 next day Cancer
- 03:33 – 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