Varanasi panchang, 10 October 2025
Sunrise 05:54 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 19:59 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 17:34- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:39 – 16:07
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:31 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:34 to 05:55 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 19:39
- Nakshatra Krittika until 17:31 · lord Sun
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:41
- Karana Bava until 09:14, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 09:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 17:31 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 17:41 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 19:39 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 19:39 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:14 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:39 – 16:07
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:41 – 14:07 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. 04:16 – 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 17:34 – 20:02
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:54 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:44 – 13:12 | Good |
| Rog | 13:12 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:39 – 16:07 | Bad |
| Char | 16:07 – 17:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:34 – 19:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:07 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:39 – 22:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:12 – 23:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:45 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:50 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:55 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 NowVenus
- 06:53 NowMercury
- 07:51 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:43 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:39 NowMoon
- 15:37 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:38 NowVenus
- 20:39 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:43 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:51 NowMercury
- 04:53 NowMoon
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 06:54 NowMercury
- 07:54 NowMoon
- 08:54 NowSaturn
- 09:54 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 12:54 NowVenus
- 13:54 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:54 NowSaturn
- 16:54 NowJupiter
- 17:54 NowMars
- 18:54 NowSun
- 19:54 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 21:54 NowMoon
- 22:54 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMars
- 01:54 NowSun
- 02:54 NowVenus
- 03:54 NowMercury
- 04:54 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 04:17 Leo
- 04:17 – 06:30 Virgo
- 06:30 – 08:46 Libra
- 08:46 – 11:03 Scorpio
- 11:03 – 13:08 Sagittarius
- 13:08 – 14:53 Capricorn
- 14:53 – 16:23 Aquarius
- 16:23 – 17:52 Pisces
- 17:52 – 19:30 Aries
- 19:30 – 21:27 Taurus
- 21:27 – 23:41 Gemini
- 23:41 – 01:59 next day Cancer
- 01:59 – 04:13 next day Leo
- 04:13 – 05:55 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