Varanasi panchang, 22 September 2025
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 06:01 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:18 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:19 – 11:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:21 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta 14:39 – 15:28
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:53 to 05:47 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 02:56 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:24 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shukla until 19:58
- Karana Kimstughna until 14:07, then Bava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:24 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 14:07 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:58 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 02:56 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 02:56 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:39 – 15:28
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 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:47 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:18 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Rog | 10:19 – 11:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:50 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Char | 13:21 – 14:51 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:51 – 16:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:22 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:22 – 20:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:52 – 22:21 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:21 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:18 – 05:47 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:48 NowSaturn
- 07:48 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:49 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:50 NowMercury
- 12:50 NowMoon
- 13:51 NowSaturn
- 14:51 NowJupiter
- 15:52 NowMars
- 16:52 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:52 NowMoon
- 20:52 NowSaturn
- 21:51 NowJupiter
- 22:51 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:50 NowVenus
- 01:49 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:48 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:47 NowMoon
- 06:47 NowSaturn
- 07:47 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:47 NowMercury
- 12:47 NowMoon
- 13:47 NowSaturn
- 14:47 NowJupiter
- 15:47 NowMars
- 16:47 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:47 NowMercury
- 19:47 NowMoon
- 20:47 NowSaturn
- 21:47 NowJupiter
- 22:47 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:47 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:47 NowSaturn
- 04:47 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:27 Leo
- 05:27 – 07:40 Virgo
- 07:40 – 09:57 Libra
- 09:57 – 12:14 Scorpio
- 12:14 – 14:18 Sagittarius
- 14:18 – 16:03 Capricorn
- 16:03 – 17:34 Aquarius
- 17:34 – 19:03 Pisces
- 19:03 – 20:41 Aries
- 20:41 – 22:38 Taurus
- 22:38 – 00:52 next day Gemini
- 00:52 – 03:10 next day Cancer
- 03:10 – 05:24 next day Leo
- 05:24 – 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