Varanasi panchang, 16 October 2025
Sunrise 05:57 Sunset 17:28 Moonrise 01:11 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:57 to 17:28- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:57 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam 08:50 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam 13:09 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:10
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:42 Moon enters Leo
Night
17:28 to 05:58 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:28 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:18 – 05:08 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 10:36
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 12:42 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shubha until 02:10 next day
- Karana Vishti until 10:36, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Virgo
- 10:36 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 10:36 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:42 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 12:42 Moon enters Leo
- 22:50 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:10 next day Yoga becomes Shukla
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:30 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:57 – 07:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:50 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:10
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. 04:18 – 05:07
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:28 – 19:58
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:57 – 10:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:57 – 07:24 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:24 – 08:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:50 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:09 – 14:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:36 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:02 – 17:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:28 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:02 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:09 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:50 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:50 – 04:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:24 – 05:58 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
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:55 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:50 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:38 NowMars
- 14:36 NowSun
- 15:33 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:33 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:38 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:50 NowJupiter
- 03:53 NowMars
- 04:55 NowSun
- 05:57 NowJupiter
- 06:57 NowMars
- 07:57 NowSun
- 08:57 NowVenus
- 09:57 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:57 NowMars
- 14:57 NowSun
- 15:57 NowVenus
- 16:57 NowMercury
- 17:57 NowMoon
- 18:57 NowSaturn
- 19:57 NowJupiter
- 20:57 NowMars
- 21:57 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:57 NowSaturn
- 02:57 NowJupiter
- 03:57 NowMars
- 04:57 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:18 – 06:06 Virgo
- 06:06 – 08:22 Libra
- 08:22 – 10:39 Scorpio
- 10:39 – 12:44 Sagittarius
- 12:44 – 14:29 Capricorn
- 14:29 – 16:00 Aquarius
- 16:00 – 17:28 Pisces
- 17:28 – 19:06 Aries
- 19:06 – 21:04 Taurus
- 21:04 – 23:17 Gemini
- 23:17 – 01:35 next day Cancer
- 01:35 – 03:49 next day Leo
- 03:49 – 05:58 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