Varanasi panchang, 3 October 2025
Sunrise 05:51 Sunset 17:41 Moonrise 15:19 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 17:41- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:18 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:57
- Yamaganda 14:44 – 16:12
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Night
17:41 to 05:52 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:41 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 18:33
- Nakshatra Shravana until 09:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Dhriti until 21:45
- Karana Vanija until 06:58, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 09:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 18:33 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 18:33 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:27 Moon enters Aquarius
- 21:45 Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:13 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:44 – 16:12
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:45 – 23:45
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 – 05:03
- 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 17:41 – 20:07
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:51 – 09:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:51 – 09:34
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:51 – 18:33
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:51 – 07:20 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:18 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:46 – 13:15 | Good |
| Rog | 13:15 – 14:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:44 – 16:12 | Bad |
| Char | 16:12 – 17:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:41 – 19:13 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:13 – 20:44 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:44 – 22:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:15 – 23:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:47 – 01:18 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:47 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:43 NowSaturn
- 16:42 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:42 NowSun
- 19:43 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:47 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:51 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:51 NowSaturn
- 09:51 NowJupiter
- 10:51 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:51 NowMercury
- 14:51 NowMoon
- 15:51 NowSaturn
- 16:51 NowJupiter
- 17:51 NowMars
- 18:51 NowSun
- 19:51 NowVenus
- 20:51 NowMercury
- 21:51 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:51 NowSun
- 02:51 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:44 Leo
- 04:44 – 06:57 Virgo
- 06:57 – 09:14 Libra
- 09:14 – 11:31 Scorpio
- 11:31 – 13:35 Sagittarius
- 13:35 – 15:20 Capricorn
- 15:20 – 16:51 Aquarius
- 16:51 – 18:19 Pisces
- 18:19 – 19:58 Aries
- 19:58 – 21:55 Taurus
- 21:55 – 00:09 next day Gemini
- 00:09 – 02:26 next day Cancer
- 02:26 – 04:40 next day Leo
- 04:40 – 05:52 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