Varanasi panchang, 11 October 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:33 Moonrise 20:57 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:55 to 17:33- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:55 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta 05:55 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta 06:41 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam 08:49 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 13:11 – 14:39
- 06:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:33 to 05:55 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:33 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Panchami until 16:44
- Nakshatra Rohini until 15:20 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:07
- Karana Kaulava until 06:08, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Virgo
- 06:08 Karana becomes Taitila
- 14:07 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:20 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 16:44 Tithi becomes Krishna Shashthi
- 16:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:24 next day Moon enters Gemini
- 03:26 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:55 – 07:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:55 – 06:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:41 – 07:28
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:49 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:11 – 14:39
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 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:33 – 20:02
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:55 – 15:20
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:55 – 15:20
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:55 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:22 – 08:49 | Good |
| Rog | 08:49 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Char | 11:44 – 13:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:11 – 14:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:39 – 16:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:06 – 17:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:33 – 19:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:06 – 20:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:39 – 22:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:11 – 23:44 | Good |
| Char | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:23 – 05:55 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
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:53 NowJupiter
- 07:51 NowMars
- 08:49 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:44 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:39 NowMars
- 15:37 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:33 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:37 NowSaturn
- 20:39 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:44 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:48 NowMoon
- 02:50 NowSaturn
- 03:52 NowJupiter
- 04:54 NowMars
- 05:55 NowSaturn
- 06:55 NowJupiter
- 07:55 NowMars
- 08:55 NowSun
- 09:55 NowVenus
- 10:55 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:55 NowSaturn
- 13:55 NowJupiter
- 14:55 NowMars
- 15:55 NowSun
- 16:55 NowVenus
- 17:55 NowMercury
- 18:55 NowMoon
- 19:55 NowSaturn
- 20:55 NowJupiter
- 21:55 NowMars
- 22:55 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMercury
- 01:55 NowMoon
- 02:55 NowSaturn
- 03:55 NowJupiter
- 04:55 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:26 Virgo
- 06:26 – 08:42 Libra
- 08:42 – 10:59 Scorpio
- 10:59 – 13:04 Sagittarius
- 13:04 – 14:49 Capricorn
- 14:49 – 16:19 Aquarius
- 16:19 – 17:48 Pisces
- 17:48 – 19:26 Aries
- 19:26 – 21:23 Taurus
- 21:23 – 23:37 Gemini
- 23:37 – 01:55 next day Cancer
- 01:55 – 04:09 next day Leo
- 04:09 – 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