Varanasi panchang, 6 October 2025
Sunrise 05:53 Sunset 17:38 Moonrise 17:05 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:53 to 17:38- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta 14:30 – 15:17
- 06:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:24 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:38 to 05:53 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:05
- Brahma Muhurta 04:15 – 05:04 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 12:24
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 06:16 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vriddhi until 13:13
- Karana Vanija until 12:24, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:16 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:24 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 12:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 13:13 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:02 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:56
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 12:24 – 22:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:30 – 15:17
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 – 05:04
- 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 17:38 – 20:05
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:53 – 06:16
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:53 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:21 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:45 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:42 – 16:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:10 – 17:38 | Good |
| Char | 17:38 – 19:10 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:10 – 20:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:42 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:46 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:46 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:18 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:49 – 04:21 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:21 – 05:53 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:51 NowSaturn
- 07:50 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:43 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:41 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:38 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:43 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:49 NowMoon
- 03:51 NowSaturn
- 04:52 NowJupiter
- 05:53 NowMoon
- 06:53 NowSaturn
- 07:53 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:53 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:53 NowMoon
- 13:53 NowSaturn
- 14:53 NowJupiter
- 15:53 NowMars
- 16:53 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:53 NowMercury
- 19:53 NowMoon
- 20:53 NowSaturn
- 21:53 NowJupiter
- 22:53 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:53 NowVenus
- 01:53 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:53 NowSaturn
- 04:53 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:32 Leo
- 04:32 – 06:45 Virgo
- 06:45 – 09:02 Libra
- 09:02 – 11:19 Scorpio
- 11:19 – 13:23 Sagittarius
- 13:23 – 15:08 Capricorn
- 15:08 – 16:39 Aquarius
- 16:39 – 18:08 Pisces
- 18:08 – 19:46 Aries
- 19:46 – 21:43 Taurus
- 21:43 – 23:57 Gemini
- 23:57 – 02:15 next day Cancer
- 02:15 – 04:28 next day Leo
- 04:28 – 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