Varanasi panchang, 17 September 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:58 Moonrise 01:13 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 17:58- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:52 – 13:23
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:58 to 05:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:58 – 20:20
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 23:40
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 06:26 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 22:55
- Karana Bava until 11:58, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:26 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:55 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 23:40 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 23:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:52 – 13:23
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:58 – 20:20
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:40 – 05:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:45 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:52 | Good |
| Rog | 11:52 – 13:23 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:23 – 14:55 | Bad |
| Char | 14:55 – 16:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:27 – 17:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:58 – 19:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:27 – 20:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:55 – 22:24 | Good |
| Char | 22:24 – 23:52 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:46 NowMoon
- 07:47 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:52 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:55 NowSaturn
- 15:56 NowJupiter
- 16:57 NowMars
- 17:58 NowSun
- 18:57 NowVenus
- 19:56 NowMercury
- 20:55 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- 23:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:47 NowSaturn
- 05:45 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowMoon
- 07:45 NowSaturn
- 08:45 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:45 NowMercury
- 13:45 NowMoon
- 14:45 NowSaturn
- 15:45 NowJupiter
- 16:45 NowMars
- 17:45 NowSun
- 18:45 NowVenus
- 19:45 NowMercury
- 20:45 NowMoon
- 21:45 NowSaturn
- 22:45 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:45 NowMercury
- 03:45 NowMoon
- 04:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:47 Leo
- 05:47 – 08:00 Virgo
- 08:00 – 10:16 Libra
- 10:16 – 12:33 Scorpio
- 12:33 – 14:38 Sagittarius
- 14:38 – 16:23 Capricorn
- 16:23 – 17:54 Aquarius
- 17:54 – 19:22 Pisces
- 19:22 – 21:00 Aries
- 21:00 – 22:58 Taurus
- 22:58 – 01:12 next day Gemini
- 01:12 – 03:29 next day Cancer
- 03:29 – 05:43 next day Leo
- 05:43 – 05:45 next day Virgo
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