Varanasi panchang, 2 October 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:42 Moonrise 14:39 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:51 to 17:42- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:51 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:20
- 07:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
17:42 to 05:51 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:42 – 20:08
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 19:11
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 09:13 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:28
- Karana Taitila until 07:12, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 07:12 Karana becomes Gara
- 09:13 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 19:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 19:11 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:51 – 07:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:20
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. 04:14 – 05:02
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:42 – 20:08
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 05:51 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 19:11
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:51 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:20 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Char | 10:18 – 11:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:47 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:44 – 16:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:13 – 17:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:42 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:13 – 20:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:45 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:49 – 04:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:20 – 05:51 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
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:50 NowMars
- 07:50 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:47 NowSaturn
- 12:46 NowJupiter
- 13:45 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:42 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:45 NowMars
- 21:45 NowSun
- 22:46 NowVenus
- 23:47 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:49 NowJupiter
- 03:50 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
- 05:51 NowJupiter
- 06:51 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:51 NowMoon
- 11:51 NowSaturn
- 12:51 NowJupiter
- 13:51 NowMars
- 14:51 NowSun
- 15:51 NowVenus
- 16:51 NowMercury
- 17:51 NowMoon
- 18:51 NowSaturn
- 19:51 NowJupiter
- 20:51 NowMars
- 21:51 NowSun
- 22:51 NowVenus
- 23:51 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:51 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:51 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:48 Leo
- 04:48 – 07:01 Virgo
- 07:01 – 09:17 Libra
- 09:17 – 11:34 Scorpio
- 11:34 – 13:39 Sagittarius
- 13:39 – 15:24 Capricorn
- 15:24 – 16:55 Aquarius
- 16:55 – 18:23 Pisces
- 18:23 – 20:01 Aries
- 20:01 – 21:59 Taurus
- 21:59 – 00:13 next day Gemini
- 00:13 – 02:30 next day Cancer
- 02:30 – 04:44 next day Leo
- 04:44 – 05:51 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