Varanasi panchang, 28 October 2025
Sunrise 06:04 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 11:51 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:04 to 17:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:19 – 09:04
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 15:54
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Night
17:18 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:18 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:14 Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 08:00
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 15:45 · lord Venus
- Yoga Sukarman until 07:50
- Karana Taitila until 08:00, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:50 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 08:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 08:00 Karana becomes Gara
- 15:45 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 20:46 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:14 Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:19 – 09:04
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:54
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 15:45 – 06:04 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. 04:22 – 05:13
- 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 17:18 – 19:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:04 – 15:45
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:04 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:05 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:05 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:54 | Good |
| Rog | 15:54 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:18 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:54 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:06 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:53 – 04:29 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:29 – 06:04 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
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:00 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:22 NowMoon
- 17:18 NowSaturn
- 18:22 NowJupiter
- 19:26 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:57 NowSun
- 05:01 NowVenus
- 06:04 NowMars
- 07:04 NowSun
- 08:04 NowVenus
- 09:04 NowMercury
- 10:04 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 12:04 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:04 NowSun
- 15:04 NowVenus
- 16:04 NowMercury
- 17:04 NowMoon
- 18:04 NowSaturn
- 19:04 NowJupiter
- 20:04 NowMars
- 21:04 NowSun
- 22:04 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMoon
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:04 NowMars
- 04:04 NowSun
- 05:04 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:22 – 05:19 Virgo
- 05:19 – 07:35 Libra
- 07:35 – 09:52 Scorpio
- 09:52 – 11:57 Sagittarius
- 11:57 – 13:42 Capricorn
- 13:42 – 15:13 Aquarius
- 15:13 – 16:41 Pisces
- 16:41 – 18:19 Aries
- 18:19 – 20:16 Taurus
- 20:16 – 22:30 Gemini
- 22:30 – 00:48 next day Cancer
- 00:48 – 03:02 next day Leo
- 03:02 – 05:15 next day Virgo
- 05:15 – 06:04 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