Varanasi panchang, 24 October 2025
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 08:22 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:21- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:27 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam 10:17 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:31 – 15:56
- 12:03 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:21 to 06:02 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:11 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 01:20 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 07:51 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Saubhagya until 05:54 next day
- Karana Taitila until 12:03, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 12:03 Karana becomes Gara
- 01:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 01:20 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:54 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:27 – 08:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
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 – 05:11
- 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 17:21 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 06:40
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:02 – 07:27 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:27 – 08:52 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:17 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:42 – 13:06 | Good |
| Rog | 13:06 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Char | 15:56 – 17:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:21 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:57 – 20:32 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:32 – 22:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:07 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:27 – 06:02 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
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 06:58 NowMercury
- 07:55 NowMoon
- 08:52 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:42 NowSun
- 12:38 NowVenus
- 13:35 NowMercury
- 14:31 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:21 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:35 NowMoon
- 22:38 NowSaturn
- 23:42 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:52 NowVenus
- 03:55 NowMercury
- 04:59 NowMoon
- 06:02 NowVenus
- 07:02 NowMercury
- 08:02 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 12:02 NowSun
- 13:02 NowVenus
- 14:02 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:02 NowSaturn
- 17:02 NowJupiter
- 18:02 NowMars
- 19:02 NowSun
- 20:02 NowVenus
- 21:02 NowMercury
- 22:02 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:02 NowJupiter
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:02 NowMercury
- 05:02 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:20 – 05:34 Virgo
- 05:34 – 07:51 Libra
- 07:51 – 10:08 Scorpio
- 10:08 – 12:13 Sagittarius
- 12:13 – 13:58 Capricorn
- 13:58 – 15:28 Aquarius
- 15:28 – 16:57 Pisces
- 16:57 – 18:35 Aries
- 18:35 – 20:32 Taurus
- 20:32 – 22:46 Gemini
- 22:46 – 01:04 next day Cancer
- 01:04 – 03:18 next day Leo
- 03:18 – 05:31 next day Virgo
- 05:31 – 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