Varanasi panchang, 18 September 2025
Sunrise 05:45 Sunset 17:57 Moonrise 02:16 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 17:57- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:45 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam 08:48 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:49 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:42 – 15:31
- 06:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:57 to 05:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:57 – 20:19
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:25
- Nakshatra Pushya until 06:32 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Shiva until 21:37
- Karana Kaulava until 11:29, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:32 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 11:29 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:37 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 23:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:25 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:45 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:49 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:42 – 15:31
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. 04:11 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:57 – 20:19
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:45 – 06:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:45 – 06:32
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:45 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:51 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:26 – 17:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:57 – 19:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:26 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:52 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:46 next day | Good |
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 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:47 NowSun
- 08:48 NowVenus
- 09:49 NowMercury
- 10:50 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:52 NowJupiter
- 13:53 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:55 NowVenus
- 16:56 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:56 NowSaturn
- 19:55 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:53 NowVenus
- 23:52 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:47 NowSun
- 05:45 NowJupiter
- 06:45 NowMars
- 07:45 NowSun
- 08:45 NowVenus
- 09:45 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:45 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:45 NowSun
- 15:45 NowVenus
- 16:45 NowMercury
- 17:45 NowMoon
- 18:45 NowSaturn
- 19:45 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:45 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:45 NowSaturn
- 02:45 NowJupiter
- 03:45 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:43 Leo
- 05:43 – 07:56 Virgo
- 07:56 – 10:13 Libra
- 10:13 – 12:29 Scorpio
- 12:29 – 14:34 Sagittarius
- 14:34 – 16:19 Capricorn
- 16:19 – 17:50 Aquarius
- 17:50 – 19:18 Pisces
- 19:18 – 20:57 Aries
- 20:57 – 22:54 Taurus
- 22:54 – 01:08 next day Gemini
- 01:08 – 03:25 next day Cancer
- 03:25 – 05:39 next day Leo
- 05:39 – 05:46 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