Varanasi panchang, 20 October 2025
Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 17:25 Moonrise 04:48 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:59 to 17:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:25 – 08:51
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta 14:22 – 15:08
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:45 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:25 to 06:00 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:25 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:19 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Naga
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 15:45
- Nakshatra Hasta until 20:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 02:34 next day
- Karana Shakuni until 15:45, then Chatushpada
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 15:45 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 15:45 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 20:16 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 02:34 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Naga
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:04 – 02:34 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:25 – 08:51
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:22 – 15:08
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:34 – 03:46 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 20:16 – 06:00 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. 04:19 – 05:09
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:25 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:59 – 07:25 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:25 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:51 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:33 – 15:59 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:59 – 17:25 | Good |
| Char | 17:25 – 18:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:59 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:17 – 02:51 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:51 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:26 – 06:00 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
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:57 NowSaturn
- 07:54 NowJupiter
- 08:51 NowMars
- 09:48 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:36 NowSaturn
- 14:33 NowJupiter
- 15:31 NowMars
- 16:28 NowSun
- 17:25 NowVenus
- 18:28 NowMercury
- 19:31 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:37 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:51 NowMoon
- 03:54 NowSaturn
- 04:57 NowJupiter
- 05:59 NowMoon
- 06:59 NowSaturn
- 07:59 NowJupiter
- 08:59 NowMars
- 09:59 NowSun
- 10:59 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 12:59 NowMoon
- 13:59 NowSaturn
- 14:59 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:59 NowSun
- 17:59 NowVenus
- 18:59 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 20:59 NowSaturn
- 21:59 NowJupiter
- 22:59 NowMars
- 23:59 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:59 NowVenus
- 01:59 NowMercury
- 02:59 NowMoon
- 03:59 NowSaturn
- 04:59 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:19 – 05:50 Virgo
- 05:50 – 08:07 Libra
- 08:07 – 10:24 Scorpio
- 10:24 – 12:28 Sagittarius
- 12:28 – 14:13 Capricorn
- 14:13 – 15:44 Aquarius
- 15:44 – 17:12 Pisces
- 17:12 – 18:51 Aries
- 18:51 – 20:48 Taurus
- 20:48 – 23:02 Gemini
- 23:02 – 01:19 next day Cancer
- 01:19 – 03:33 next day Leo
- 03:33 – 05:46 next day Virgo
- 05:46 – 06:00 next day Libra
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