Varanasi panchang, 8 October 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:36 Moonrise 18:22 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:54 to 17:36- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:13
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:36 to 05:54 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:36 – 20:04
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 02:23 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 22:45 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Harshana until 01:32 next day
- Karana Taitila until 16:08, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 16:08 Karana becomes Gara
- 22:45 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 01:32 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
- 02:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 02:23 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:21 – 08:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:13
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:32 – 02:44 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:54 – 22:45
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:45 – 05:54 next day
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:36 – 20:04
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:54 – 02:23 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:54 – 07:21 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:21 – 08:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:13 – 14:40 | Bad |
| Char | 14:40 – 16:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:08 – 17:36 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:36 – 19:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:08 – 20:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:41 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:52 NowMoon
- 07:51 NowSaturn
- 08:49 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:41 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:50 NowMercury
- 03:51 NowMoon
- 04:53 NowSaturn
- 05:54 NowMercury
- 06:54 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:54 NowJupiter
- 09:54 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 12:54 NowMercury
- 13:54 NowMoon
- 14:54 NowSaturn
- 15:54 NowJupiter
- 16:54 NowMars
- 17:54 NowSun
- 18:54 NowVenus
- 19:54 NowMercury
- 20:54 NowMoon
- 21:54 NowSaturn
- 22:54 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:54 NowMercury
- 03:54 NowMoon
- 04:54 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:25 Leo
- 04:25 – 06:37 Virgo
- 06:37 – 08:54 Libra
- 08:54 – 11:11 Scorpio
- 11:11 – 13:16 Sagittarius
- 13:16 – 15:00 Capricorn
- 15:00 – 16:31 Aquarius
- 16:31 – 18:00 Pisces
- 18:00 – 19:38 Aries
- 19:38 – 21:35 Taurus
- 21:35 – 23:49 Gemini
- 23:49 – 02:07 next day Cancer
- 02:07 – 04:21 next day Leo
- 04:21 – 05:54 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