Varanasi panchang, 24 September 2025
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:51 Moonrise 07:46 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:51- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:49 – 13:20
- 16:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
Night
17:51 to 05:48 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:51 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 07:06 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 16:16 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 21:02
- Karana Taitila until 17:57, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:16 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 17:57 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:02 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:25 – 12:13
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:02 – 21:53 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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:51 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:16 – 05:48 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:48 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:49 | Good |
| Rog | 11:49 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:20 – 17:51 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:51 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:20 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 23:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:19 – 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
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:49 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:50 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:50 NowJupiter
- 16:51 NowMars
- 17:51 NowSun
- 18:51 NowVenus
- 19:50 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:50 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:49 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:49 NowVenus
- 02:49 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
- 05:48 NowMercury
- 06:48 NowMoon
- 07:48 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:48 NowVenus
- 12:48 NowMercury
- 13:48 NowMoon
- 14:48 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:48 NowMars
- 17:48 NowSun
- 18:48 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:48 NowMoon
- 21:48 NowSaturn
- 22:48 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:48 NowMoon
- 04:48 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:20 Leo
- 05:20 – 07:32 Virgo
- 07:32 – 09:49 Libra
- 09:49 – 12:06 Scorpio
- 12:06 – 14:11 Sagittarius
- 14:11 – 15:55 Capricorn
- 15:55 – 17:26 Aquarius
- 17:26 – 18:55 Pisces
- 18:55 – 20:33 Aries
- 20:33 – 22:30 Taurus
- 22:30 – 00:44 next day Gemini
- 00:44 – 03:02 next day Cancer
- 03:02 – 05:16 next day Leo
- 05:16 – 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