Varanasi panchang, 12 October 2025
Sunrise 05:55 Sunset 17:32 Moonrise 22:01 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 17:32- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:07
- Yamaganda 11:44 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam 14:38 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta 15:59 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam 16:05 – 17:32
- 10:55 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:17 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:32 to 05:56 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:32 – 20:01
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:06 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 14:17
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:36 · lord Mars
- Yoga Variyan until 10:55
- Karana Vanija until 14:17, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:55 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 13:36 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 14:17 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 14:17 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:16 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:55 – 21:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:44 – 13:11
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 16:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:59 – 16:46
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:05 – 17:32
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 17:32 – 20:01
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 13:36 – 05:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:55 – 07:22 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:22 – 08:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:44 – 13:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:11 – 14:38 | Good |
| Rog | 14:38 – 16:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:05 – 17:32 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:32 – 19:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:05 – 20:38 | Good |
| Char | 20:38 – 22:11 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:11 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:23 – 05:56 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 NowSun
- 06:53 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:50 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:46 NowJupiter
- 11:44 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:40 NowVenus
- 14:38 NowMercury
- 15:36 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:36 NowSun
- 20:38 NowVenus
- 21:40 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:44 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:46 NowJupiter
- 01:48 NowMars
- 02:50 NowSun
- 03:52 NowVenus
- 04:54 NowMercury
- 05:55 NowSun
- 06:55 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:55 NowMoon
- 09:55 NowSaturn
- 10:55 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:55 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:55 NowMoon
- 16:55 NowSaturn
- 17:55 NowJupiter
- 18:55 NowMars
- 19:55 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 21:55 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:55 NowJupiter
- 01:55 NowMars
- 02:55 NowSun
- 03:55 NowVenus
- 04:55 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:16 – 06:22 Virgo
- 06:22 – 08:38 Libra
- 08:38 – 10:55 Scorpio
- 10:55 – 13:00 Sagittarius
- 13:00 – 14:45 Capricorn
- 14:45 – 16:16 Aquarius
- 16:16 – 17:44 Pisces
- 17:44 – 19:22 Aries
- 19:22 – 21:19 Taurus
- 21:19 – 23:33 Gemini
- 23:33 – 01:51 next day Cancer
- 01:51 – 04:05 next day Leo
- 04:05 – 05:56 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