Varanasi panchang, 26 September 2025
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:49 Moonrise 09:34 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 17:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:19 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:49 – 16:19
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:23 Moon enters Scorpio
Night
17:49 to 05:49 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:49 – 20:13
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:50 Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 09:33
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 22:09 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vishkambha until 22:50
- Karana Vishti until 09:33, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 09:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 15:23 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:09 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 22:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:50 Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:19 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:49 – 16:19
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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:49 – 20:13
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:09 – 05:49 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:49 – 07:19 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:19 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:49 – 16:19 | Bad |
| Char | 16:19 – 17:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:49 – 19:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:19 – 20:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:49 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:19 – 05:49 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
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:12 Leo
- 05:12 – 07:25 Virgo
- 07:25 – 09:41 Libra
- 09:41 – 11:58 Scorpio
- 11:58 – 14:03 Sagittarius
- 14:03 – 15:48 Capricorn
- 15:48 – 17:18 Aquarius
- 17:18 – 18:47 Pisces
- 18:47 – 20:25 Aries
- 20:25 – 22:22 Taurus
- 22:22 – 00:36 next day Gemini
- 00:36 – 02:54 next day Cancer
- 02:54 – 05:08 next day Leo
- 05:08 – 05:49 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