Varanasi panchang, 23 October 2025
Sunrise 06:01 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 07:27 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:01 to 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:01 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:06
- 09:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:22 to 06:02 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:20 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 22:47
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 04:51 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Ayushman until 04:59 next day
- Karana Balava until 09:31, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Libra
- 09:31 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:06 Moon enters Scorpio
- 22:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 22:47 Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:51 next day Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:59 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:01 – 07:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:51 – 10:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:06
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:51 – 06:02 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:51 – 06:02 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:01 – 07:26 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:26 – 08:51 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:51 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Char | 10:16 – 11:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:42 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:32 – 15:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:57 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 18:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:57 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 06:58 NowMars
- 07:55 NowSun
- 08:51 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:45 NowMoon
- 11:42 NowSaturn
- 12:38 NowJupiter
- 13:35 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:29 NowVenus
- 16:25 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:26 NowSaturn
- 19:29 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:35 NowSun
- 22:39 NowVenus
- 23:42 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMoon
- 01:48 NowSaturn
- 02:52 NowJupiter
- 03:55 NowMars
- 04:58 NowSun
- 06:01 NowJupiter
- 07:01 NowMars
- 08:01 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 12:01 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:01 NowMars
- 15:01 NowSun
- 16:01 NowVenus
- 17:01 NowMercury
- 18:01 NowMoon
- 19:01 NowSaturn
- 20:01 NowJupiter
- 21:01 NowMars
- 22:01 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMercury
- 01:01 NowMoon
- 02:01 NowSaturn
- 03:01 NowJupiter
- 04:01 NowMars
- 05:01 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:38 Virgo
- 05:38 – 07:55 Libra
- 07:55 – 10:12 Scorpio
- 10:12 – 12:17 Sagittarius
- 12:17 – 14:01 Capricorn
- 14:01 – 15:32 Aquarius
- 15:32 – 17:01 Pisces
- 17:01 – 18:39 Aries
- 18:39 – 20:36 Taurus
- 20:36 – 22:50 Gemini
- 22:50 – 01:08 next day Cancer
- 01:08 – 03:22 next day Leo
- 03:22 – 05:34 next day Virgo
- 05:34 – 06:02 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