Varanasi panchang, 5 November 2025
Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 16:55 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:09 to 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:32 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:04
- 08:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:40 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:13 to 06:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:26 – 05:18 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 18:49
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 09:40 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Siddhi until 11:28
- Karana Vishti until 08:44, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:44 Karana becomes Bava
- 09:40 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:49 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 18:49 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:32 – 08:55
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:19 – 12:03
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 11:28 – 07:04 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:04
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:09 – 09:40
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 09:40 – 06:09 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. 04:25 – 05:17
- 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 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:09 – 07:32 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:32 – 08:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:55 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:50 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:50 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:41 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:41 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:18 – 02:55 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:55 – 04:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:32 – 06:09 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
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:04 NowMoon
- 07:59 NowSaturn
- 08:55 NowJupiter
- 09:50 NowMars
- 10:46 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:18 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:41 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:46 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:55 NowMercury
- 04:00 NowMoon
- 05:05 NowSaturn
- 06:09 NowMercury
- 07:09 NowMoon
- 08:09 NowSaturn
- 09:09 NowJupiter
- 10:09 NowMars
- 11:09 NowSun
- 12:09 NowVenus
- 13:09 NowMercury
- 14:09 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:09 NowJupiter
- 17:09 NowMars
- 18:09 NowSun
- 19:09 NowVenus
- 20:09 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:09 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:09 NowMars
- 01:09 NowSun
- 02:09 NowVenus
- 03:09 NowMercury
- 04:09 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:25 – 04:47 Virgo
- 04:47 – 07:04 Libra
- 07:04 – 09:21 Scorpio
- 09:21 – 11:25 Sagittarius
- 11:25 – 13:10 Capricorn
- 13:10 – 14:41 Aquarius
- 14:41 – 16:10 Pisces
- 16:10 – 17:48 Aries
- 17:48 – 19:45 Taurus
- 19:45 – 21:59 Gemini
- 21:59 – 00:17 next day Cancer
- 00:17 – 02:31 next day Leo
- 02:31 – 04:43 next day Virgo
- 04:43 – 06:09 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