Varanasi panchang, 15 November 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 01:52 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:16 to 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:16 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta 06:16 – 06:59
- Durmuhurta 06:59 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam 08:59 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 13:04 – 14:25
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:40 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:08 to 06:16 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:31 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:37 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 23:34 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 06:25
- Karana Bava until 13:40, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:25 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:40 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 02:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:37 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:27 – 06:25
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:16 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:16 – 06:59
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 06:25 – 07:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:59 – 07:43
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:59 – 10:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:16 – 23:34
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:34 – 06:16 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. 04:31 – 05:23
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:20 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:16 – 07:37 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:37 – 08:59 | Good |
| Rog | 08:59 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:20 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Char | 11:42 – 13:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:25 – 15:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:47 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:04 – 23:42 | Good |
| Char | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:59 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:59 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:38 – 06:16 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
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:10 NowJupiter
- 08:04 NowMars
- 08:59 NowSun
- 09:53 NowVenus
- 10:48 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:36 NowSaturn
- 13:31 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:20 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:20 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:31 NowMars
- 22:37 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMercury
- 01:54 NowMoon
- 02:59 NowSaturn
- 04:05 NowJupiter
- 05:11 NowMars
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:24 Libra
- 06:24 – 08:41 Scorpio
- 08:41 – 10:46 Sagittarius
- 10:46 – 12:31 Capricorn
- 12:31 – 14:02 Aquarius
- 14:02 – 15:30 Pisces
- 15:30 – 17:08 Aries
- 17:08 – 19:06 Taurus
- 19:06 – 21:20 Gemini
- 21:20 – 23:37 Cancer
- 23:37 – 01:51 next day Leo
- 01:51 – 04:04 next day Virgo
- 04:04 – 06:16 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