Varanasi panchang, 8 November 2025
Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 19:46 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:11 to 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:11 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta 06:11 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta 06:55 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam 08:56 – 10:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:03
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:26
- 07:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:14 Moon enters Gemini
Night
17:11 to 06:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:27 – 05:19 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 07:32
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 22:02 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shiva until 18:31
- Karana Vishti until 07:32, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:32 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 07:32 Karana becomes Bava
- 11:14 Moon enters Gemini
- 17:55 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:31 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 22:02 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 04:26 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 04:26 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:11 – 07:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:11 – 06:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:55 – 07:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:56 – 10:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:26
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. 04:27 – 05:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 17:11 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 07:32 – 04:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:11 – 07:33 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:33 – 08:56 | Good |
| Rog | 08:56 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:18 – 11:41 | Bad |
| Char | 11:41 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:26 – 15:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:49 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:41 | Good |
| Char | 23:41 – 01:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:19 – 02:56 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:56 – 04:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:34 – 06:11 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
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:06 NowJupiter
- 08:01 NowMars
- 08:56 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:46 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:26 NowMars
- 15:21 NowSun
- 16:16 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:21 NowSaturn
- 20:26 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:36 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:56 NowSaturn
- 04:01 NowJupiter
- 05:06 NowMars
- 06:11 NowSaturn
- 07:11 NowJupiter
- 08:11 NowMars
- 09:11 NowSun
- 10:11 NowVenus
- 11:11 NowMercury
- 12:11 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:11 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:11 NowSun
- 17:11 NowVenus
- 18:11 NowMercury
- 19:11 NowMoon
- 20:11 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:11 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:11 NowVenus
- 01:11 NowMercury
- 02:11 NowMoon
- 03:11 NowSaturn
- 04:11 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:27 – 04:36 Virgo
- 04:36 – 06:52 Libra
- 06:52 – 09:09 Scorpio
- 09:09 – 11:14 Sagittarius
- 11:14 – 12:59 Capricorn
- 12:59 – 14:29 Aquarius
- 14:29 – 15:58 Pisces
- 15:58 – 17:36 Aries
- 17:36 – 19:33 Taurus
- 19:33 – 21:47 Gemini
- 21:47 – 00:05 next day Cancer
- 00:05 – 02:19 next day Leo
- 02:19 – 04:32 next day Virgo
- 04:32 – 06:11 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