Varanasi panchang, 5 October 2025
Sunrise 05:52 Sunset 17:39 Moonrise 16:30 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 17:39- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Yamaganda 11:46 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:42 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta 16:05 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam 16:11 – 17:39
- 08:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:39 to 05:53 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:39 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 15:04
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 08:01 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:34
- Karana Taitila until 15:04, then Gara
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:01 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 15:04 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 15:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:34 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 00:45 next day Moon enters Pisces
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:46 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:42 – 16:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:05 – 16:52
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:11 – 17:39
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:58 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 13:00 – 14:56
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. 04:15 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:39 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:01 – 05:53 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:52 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:49 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:46 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:42 | Good |
| Rog | 14:42 – 16:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:11 – 17:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:39 – 19:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:11 – 20:43 | Good |
| Char | 20:43 – 22:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:14 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:21 – 05:53 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 NowSun
- 06:51 NowVenus
- 07:50 NowMercury
- 08:49 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:46 NowMars
- 12:45 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:41 NowMoon
- 16:40 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:40 NowMars
- 19:41 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:44 NowMercury
- 22:45 NowMoon
- 23:46 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:49 NowSun
- 03:50 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
- 05:52 NowSun
- 06:52 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:52 NowJupiter
- 11:52 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:52 NowVenus
- 14:52 NowMercury
- 15:52 NowMoon
- 16:52 NowSaturn
- 17:52 NowJupiter
- 18:52 NowMars
- 19:52 NowSun
- 20:52 NowVenus
- 21:52 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:52 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:52 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:36 Leo
- 04:36 – 06:49 Virgo
- 06:49 – 09:06 Libra
- 09:06 – 11:23 Scorpio
- 11:23 – 13:27 Sagittarius
- 13:27 – 15:12 Capricorn
- 15:12 – 16:43 Aquarius
- 16:43 – 18:11 Pisces
- 18:11 – 19:50 Aries
- 19:50 – 21:47 Taurus
- 21:47 – 00:01 next day Gemini
- 00:01 – 02:18 next day Cancer
- 02:18 – 04:32 next day Leo
- 04:32 – 05:53 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