Varanasi panchang, 9 October 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:35 Moonrise 19:07 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 17:35- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:54 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam 13:12 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta 14:28 – 15:15
- 12:38 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:35 to 05:54 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:35 – 20:03
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:05 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 22:54
- Nakshatra Bharani until 20:02 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vajra until 21:32
- Karana Vanija until 12:38, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Virgo
- 12:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:02 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 22:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 22:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:23 next day Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:54 – 07:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:40
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:28 – 15:15
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. 04:16 – 05:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:35 – 20:03
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:54 – 07:22 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:22 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Char | 10:17 – 11:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:45 – 13:12 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:12 – 14:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:40 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:07 – 17:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:35 – 19:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:08 – 20:40 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:40 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:12 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:22 – 05:54 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
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:52 NowMars
- 07:51 NowSun
- 08:49 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:46 NowMoon
- 11:45 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:38 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:35 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:38 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:45 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:51 NowMars
- 04:53 NowSun
- 05:54 NowJupiter
- 06:54 NowMars
- 07:54 NowSun
- 08:54 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:54 NowJupiter
- 13:54 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:54 NowVenus
- 16:54 NowMercury
- 17:54 NowMoon
- 18:54 NowSaturn
- 19:54 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:54 NowSun
- 22:54 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:54 NowJupiter
- 03:54 NowMars
- 04:54 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:21 Leo
- 04:21 – 06:33 Virgo
- 06:33 – 08:50 Libra
- 08:50 – 11:07 Scorpio
- 11:07 – 13:12 Sagittarius
- 13:12 – 14:57 Capricorn
- 14:57 – 16:27 Aquarius
- 16:27 – 17:56 Pisces
- 17:56 – 19:34 Aries
- 19:34 – 21:31 Taurus
- 21:31 – 23:45 Gemini
- 23:45 – 02:03 next day Cancer
- 02:03 – 04:17 next day Leo
- 04:17 – 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