Varanasi panchang, 12 November 2025
Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:09 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:13 to 17:09- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:35 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta 11:20 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:03 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:41 – 13:03
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:09 to 06:14 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:30 – 05:22 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:35 Moon enters Leo
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:58 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 22:58
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 18:35 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shukla until 08:02
- Karana Balava until 10:58, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Libra
- 08:02 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 10:58 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 18:35 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 18:35 Moon enters Leo
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 22:58 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:35 – 08:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:20 – 12:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:03
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 07:10 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:13 – 08:13
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. 04:29 – 05:21
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:03
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:13 – 07:35 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:35 – 08:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:57 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:19 – 11:41 | Good |
| Rog | 11:41 – 13:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:03 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:47 – 17:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:09 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:26 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:42 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:58 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:58 – 04:36 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:36 – 06:14 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
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:08 NowMoon
- 08:03 NowSaturn
- 08:57 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:41 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:15 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:26 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:42 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:53 NowVenus
- 02:58 NowMercury
- 04:03 NowMoon
- 05:09 NowSaturn
- 06:13 NowMercury
- 07:13 NowMoon
- 08:13 NowSaturn
- 09:13 NowJupiter
- 10:13 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:13 NowVenus
- 13:13 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:13 NowSaturn
- 23:13 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:13 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:13 NowVenus
- 03:13 NowMercury
- 04:13 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:29 – 06:36 Libra
- 06:36 – 08:53 Scorpio
- 08:53 – 10:58 Sagittarius
- 10:58 – 12:43 Capricorn
- 12:43 – 14:14 Aquarius
- 14:14 – 15:42 Pisces
- 15:42 – 17:20 Aries
- 17:20 – 19:17 Taurus
- 19:17 – 21:31 Gemini
- 21:31 – 23:49 Cancer
- 23:49 – 02:03 next day Leo
- 02:03 – 04:16 next day Virgo
- 04:16 – 06:14 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