Varanasi panchang, 13 October 2025
Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 23:06 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:56 to 17:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:23 – 08:50
- Yamaganda 10:17 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:10 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta 14:26 – 15:12
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
Night
17:31 to 05:56 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:17 – 05:07 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:24
- Nakshatra Ardra until 12:27 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Parigha until 08:10
- Karana Bava until 12:24, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Virgo
- 08:10 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 12:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:27 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 23:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 05:55 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:23 – 08:50
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:26 – 15:12
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. 04:17 – 05:06
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:00
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:56 – 12:27
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:56 – 07:23 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:23 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:50 – 10:17 | Good |
| Rog | 10:17 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:10 | Bad |
| Char | 13:10 – 14:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:37 – 16:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:04 – 17:31 | Good |
| Char | 17:31 – 19:04 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:04 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:37 – 22:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:11 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:50 – 04:23 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:23 – 05:56 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:54 NowSaturn
- 07:52 NowJupiter
- 08:50 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:41 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:37 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:33 NowSun
- 17:31 NowVenus
- 18:33 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:37 NowSaturn
- 21:40 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:50 NowMoon
- 03:52 NowSaturn
- 04:54 NowJupiter
- 05:56 NowMoon
- 06:56 NowSaturn
- 07:56 NowJupiter
- 08:56 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:56 NowMoon
- 13:56 NowSaturn
- 14:56 NowJupiter
- 15:56 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:56 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:56 NowMoon
- 20:56 NowSaturn
- 21:56 NowJupiter
- 22:56 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:56 NowMercury
- 02:56 NowMoon
- 03:56 NowSaturn
- 04:56 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 06:18 Virgo
- 06:18 – 08:34 Libra
- 08:34 – 10:51 Scorpio
- 10:51 – 12:56 Sagittarius
- 12:56 – 14:41 Capricorn
- 14:41 – 16:12 Aquarius
- 16:12 – 17:40 Pisces
- 17:40 – 19:18 Aries
- 19:18 – 21:15 Taurus
- 21:15 – 23:29 Gemini
- 23:29 – 01:47 next day Cancer
- 01:47 – 04:01 next day Leo
- 04:01 – 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