Varanasi panchang, 26 October 2025
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:20 Moonrise 10:11 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam 15:55 – 17:20
- 06:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:46 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:59 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:20 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:20 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 06:05 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 10:46 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shobhana until 06:45
- Karana Bava until 16:59, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:45 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:46 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 10:46 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 16:59 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:45 – 09:09
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:55 – 17:20
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:03 – 10:46
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. 04:21 – 05:12
- 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 17:20 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:03 – 10:46
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:46 – 06:03 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 10:46 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:03 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:55 – 17:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:20 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:55 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:06 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:28 – 06:03 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
- 06:03 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:56 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:27 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:27 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 05:00 NowMercury
- 06:03 NowSun
- 07:03 NowVenus
- 08:03 NowMercury
- 09:03 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:03 NowVenus
- 15:03 NowMercury
- 16:03 NowMoon
- 17:03 NowSaturn
- 18:03 NowJupiter
- 19:03 NowMars
- 20:03 NowSun
- 21:03 NowVenus
- 22:03 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:03 NowSun
- 04:03 NowVenus
- 05:03 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:27 Virgo
- 05:27 – 07:43 Libra
- 07:43 – 10:00 Scorpio
- 10:00 – 12:05 Sagittarius
- 12:05 – 13:50 Capricorn
- 13:50 – 15:20 Aquarius
- 15:20 – 16:49 Pisces
- 16:49 – 18:27 Aries
- 18:27 – 20:24 Taurus
- 20:24 – 22:38 Gemini
- 22:38 – 00:56 next day Cancer
- 00:56 – 03:10 next day Leo
- 03:10 – 05:23 next day Virgo
- 05:23 – 06:03 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