Varanasi panchang, 4 October 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 15:55 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:52 to 17:40- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:52 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta 05:52 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 13:15 – 14:43
- 05:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:40 to 05:52 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:07
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:03 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 17:09
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 09:09 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shula until 19:26
- Karana Bava until 05:57, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 05:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 17:09 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 17:09 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:26 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 04:12 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:52 – 07:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:52 – 06:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:26
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:43
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 19:26 – 21:50
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) 11:22 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:07
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:52 – 07:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:20 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Char | 11:46 – 13:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:15 – 14:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:43 – 16:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:12 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:40 – 19:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:12 – 20:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:43 – 22:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:15 – 23:46 | Good |
| Char | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:21 – 05:52 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
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:51 NowJupiter
- 07:50 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:46 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:40 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:46 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:49 NowSaturn
- 03:50 NowJupiter
- 04:51 NowMars
- 05:52 NowSaturn
- 06:52 NowJupiter
- 07:52 NowMars
- 08:52 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:52 NowMercury
- 11:52 NowMoon
- 12:52 NowSaturn
- 13:52 NowJupiter
- 14:52 NowMars
- 15:52 NowSun
- 16:52 NowVenus
- 17:52 NowMercury
- 18:52 NowMoon
- 19:52 NowSaturn
- 20:52 NowJupiter
- 21:52 NowMars
- 22:52 NowSun
- 23:52 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:52 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:52 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:40 Leo
- 04:40 – 06:53 Virgo
- 06:53 – 09:10 Libra
- 09:10 – 11:27 Scorpio
- 11:27 – 13:31 Sagittarius
- 13:31 – 15:16 Capricorn
- 15:16 – 16:47 Aquarius
- 16:47 – 18:15 Pisces
- 18:15 – 19:54 Aries
- 19:54 – 21:51 Taurus
- 21:51 – 00:05 next day Gemini
- 00:05 – 02:22 next day Cancer
- 02:22 – 04:36 next day Leo
- 04:36 – 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