Varanasi panchang, 20 September 2025
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 17:55 Moonrise 04:13 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 17:55- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:46 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 05:46 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta 06:35 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam 08:48 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:15
- Yamaganda 13:22 – 14:53
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:55 to 05:47 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:55 – 20:17
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 00:17 next day
- Nakshatra Magha until 08:05 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 20:06
- Karana Vishti until 11:54, then Shakuni
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:05 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 11:54 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:06 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:17 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 00:17 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:37 – 11:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:46 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:46 – 06:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:35 – 07:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:22 – 14:53
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. 04:12 – 04:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:55 – 20:17
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:46 – 00:17 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:46 – 07:17 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:17 – 08:48 | Good |
| Rog | 08:48 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:22 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:22 – 14:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:53 – 16:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:24 – 17:55 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:55 – 19:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:53 – 22:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:22 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:20 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:20 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:18 – 05:47 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
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:47 NowJupiter
- 07:48 NowMars
- 08:48 NowSun
- 09:49 NowVenus
- 10:50 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:53 NowMars
- 15:54 NowSun
- 16:54 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:54 NowMoon
- 19:54 NowSaturn
- 20:53 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:48 NowJupiter
- 04:47 NowMars
- 05:46 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowJupiter
- 07:46 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:46 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:46 NowSaturn
- 13:46 NowJupiter
- 14:46 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:46 NowVenus
- 17:46 NowMercury
- 18:46 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:46 NowJupiter
- 21:46 NowMars
- 22:46 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:46 NowJupiter
- 04:46 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:35 Leo
- 05:35 – 07:48 Virgo
- 07:48 – 10:05 Libra
- 10:05 – 12:22 Scorpio
- 12:22 – 14:26 Sagittarius
- 14:26 – 16:11 Capricorn
- 16:11 – 17:42 Aquarius
- 17:42 – 19:10 Pisces
- 19:10 – 20:49 Aries
- 20:49 – 22:46 Taurus
- 22:46 – 01:00 next day Gemini
- 01:00 – 03:17 next day Cancer
- 03:17 – 05:31 next day Leo
- 05:31 – 05:47 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