Varanasi panchang, 19 September 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:56 Moonrise 03:16 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:56- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:17 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:20 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:15
- Durmuhurta 12:15 – 13:04
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:25
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:05 Moon enters Leo
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:56 to 05:46 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:56 – 20:18
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 23:37
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 07:05 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 20:41
- Karana Gara until 11:27, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:05 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 07:05 Moon enters Leo
- 11:27 Karana becomes Vanija
- 20:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:37 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 23:37 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:17 – 08:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:15 – 13:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:25
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:37 – 11:54 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:46 – 07:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 07:05 – 05:46 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 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:56 – 20:18
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:46 – 07:17 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:48 – 10:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:20 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:22 | Good |
| Rog | 13:22 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:25 | Bad |
| Char | 16:25 – 17:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:56 – 19:25 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:25 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:22 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:18 – 05:46 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
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:47 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:53 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:55 NowSaturn
- 16:55 NowJupiter
- 17:56 NowMars
- 18:55 NowSun
- 19:55 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:53 NowMoon
- 22:52 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:47 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowVenus
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:11 – 05:39 Leo
- 05:39 – 07:52 Virgo
- 07:52 – 10:09 Libra
- 10:09 – 12:26 Scorpio
- 12:26 – 14:30 Sagittarius
- 14:30 – 16:15 Capricorn
- 16:15 – 17:46 Aquarius
- 17:46 – 19:14 Pisces
- 19:14 – 20:53 Aries
- 20:53 – 22:50 Taurus
- 22:50 – 01:04 next day Gemini
- 01:04 – 03:21 next day Cancer
- 03:21 – 05:35 next day Leo
- 05:35 – 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