Varanasi panchang, 28 September 2025
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 11:25 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 17:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 11:48 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:47 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:11 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:47
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:47 to 05:50 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:11
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 14:27
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 03:54 next day · lord Mercury
- Yoga Ayushman until 00:32 next day
- Karana Taitila until 14:27, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Virgo
- 14:27 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 14:27 Karana becomes Gara
- 00:32 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 03:33 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 03:54 next day Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:48 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:47 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:11 – 16:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:47
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:49 – 03:54 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. 04:13 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:11
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:49 – 03:54 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:54 – 05:50 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 03:54 – 05:50 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:49 – 07:19 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:19 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:18 – 11:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:48 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:47 | Good |
| Rog | 14:47 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:47 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:47 | Good |
| Char | 20:47 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:48 – 01:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:19 – 05:50 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
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:48 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:48 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:50 NowMercury
- 05:49 NowSun
- 06:49 NowVenus
- 07:49 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:49 NowSun
- 13:49 NowVenus
- 14:49 NowMercury
- 15:49 NowMoon
- 16:49 NowSaturn
- 17:49 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:49 NowSun
- 20:49 NowVenus
- 21:49 NowMercury
- 22:49 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:49 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:13 – 05:04 Leo
- 05:04 – 07:17 Virgo
- 07:17 – 09:33 Libra
- 09:33 – 11:50 Scorpio
- 11:50 – 13:55 Sagittarius
- 13:55 – 15:40 Capricorn
- 15:40 – 17:11 Aquarius
- 17:11 – 18:39 Pisces
- 18:39 – 20:17 Aries
- 20:17 – 22:14 Taurus
- 22:14 – 00:28 next day Gemini
- 00:28 – 02:46 next day Cancer
- 02:46 – 05:00 next day Leo
- 05:00 – 05:50 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