Varanasi panchang, 23 September 2025
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 17:52 Moonrise 06:53 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 17:52- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:49 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:50 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam 14:51 – 16:21
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:52 to 05:48 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:52 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:56 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 04:52 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 13:40 · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 20:23
- Karana Balava until 15:51, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Virgo
- 13:40 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 15:51 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:56 next day Moon enters Libra
- 04:52 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:51 – 16:21
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 – 05:00
- 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 17:52 – 20:15
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:52 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:47 – 07:18 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:18 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Char | 08:49 – 10:19 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:19 – 11:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:50 – 13:20 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:20 – 14:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:51 – 16:21 | Good |
| Rog | 16:21 – 17:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:52 – 19:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:21 – 20:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:51 – 22:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:20 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:49 – 04:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:18 – 05:48 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
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:48 NowSun
- 07:48 NowVenus
- 08:49 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:49 NowSaturn
- 11:50 NowJupiter
- 12:50 NowMars
- 13:50 NowSun
- 14:51 NowVenus
- 15:51 NowMercury
- 16:52 NowMoon
- 17:52 NowSaturn
- 18:52 NowJupiter
- 19:51 NowMars
- 20:51 NowSun
- 21:51 NowVenus
- 22:50 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:49 NowMars
- 03:48 NowSun
- 04:48 NowVenus
- 05:47 NowMars
- 06:47 NowSun
- 07:47 NowVenus
- 08:47 NowMercury
- 09:47 NowMoon
- 10:47 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:47 NowMars
- 13:47 NowSun
- 14:47 NowVenus
- 15:47 NowMercury
- 16:47 NowMoon
- 17:47 NowSaturn
- 18:47 NowJupiter
- 19:47 NowMars
- 20:47 NowSun
- 21:47 NowVenus
- 22:47 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSaturn
- 01:47 NowJupiter
- 02:47 NowMars
- 03:47 NowSun
- 04:47 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:24 Leo
- 05:24 – 07:36 Virgo
- 07:36 – 09:53 Libra
- 09:53 – 12:10 Scorpio
- 12:10 – 14:15 Sagittarius
- 14:15 – 15:59 Capricorn
- 15:59 – 17:30 Aquarius
- 17:30 – 18:59 Pisces
- 18:59 – 20:37 Aries
- 20:37 – 22:34 Taurus
- 22:34 – 00:48 next day Gemini
- 00:48 – 03:06 next day Cancer
- 03:06 – 05:20 next day Leo
- 05:20 – 05:48 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