Varanasi panchang, 22 October 2025
Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 17:23 Moonrise 06:33 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:00 to 17:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:26 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:05 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:42 – 13:07
- 07:04 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:23 to 06:01 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:23 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:10 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 20:17
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:51 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Priti until 04:05 next day
- Karana Kimstughna until 07:04, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:04 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 20:17 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:05 next day Yoga becomes Ayushman
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:26 – 08:51
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:07
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. 04:20 – 05:10
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 17:23 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:17 – 06:01 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:00 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:26 – 08:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:42 | Good |
| Rog | 11:42 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Char | 14:32 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:23 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:33 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:52 – 04:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:26 – 06:01 next day | Bad |
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
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 06:57 NowMoon
- 07:54 NowSaturn
- 08:51 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:45 NowSun
- 11:42 NowVenus
- 12:39 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:26 NowMars
- 17:23 NowSun
- 18:26 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSun
- 01:48 NowVenus
- 02:52 NowMercury
- 03:55 NowMoon
- 04:58 NowSaturn
- 06:00 NowMercury
- 07:00 NowMoon
- 08:00 NowSaturn
- 09:00 NowJupiter
- 10:00 NowMars
- 11:00 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:00 NowMoon
- 15:00 NowSaturn
- 16:00 NowJupiter
- 17:00 NowMars
- 18:00 NowSun
- 19:00 NowVenus
- 20:00 NowMercury
- 21:00 NowMoon
- 22:00 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 01:00 NowSun
- 02:00 NowVenus
- 03:00 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:00 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:42 Virgo
- 05:42 – 07:59 Libra
- 07:59 – 10:16 Scorpio
- 10:16 – 12:21 Sagittarius
- 12:21 – 14:05 Capricorn
- 14:05 – 15:36 Aquarius
- 15:36 – 17:05 Pisces
- 17:05 – 18:43 Aries
- 18:43 – 20:40 Taurus
- 20:40 – 22:54 Gemini
- 22:54 – 01:12 next day Cancer
- 01:12 – 03:26 next day Leo
- 03:26 – 05:38 next day Virgo
- 05:38 – 06:01 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