Varanasi panchang, 16 November 2025
Sunrise 06:16 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 02:44 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:20 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:42 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta 15:41 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam 15:46 – 17:08
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:08 to 06:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:24 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 04:48 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 02:11 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vishkambha until 06:46
- Karana Kaulava until 15:40, then Taitila
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Libra
- 06:46 Yoga becomes Priti
- 15:40 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 04:48 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:42 – 13:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:41 – 16:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:46 – 17:08
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 – 05:24
- 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
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:16 – 02:11 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:16 – 02:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:16 – 07:38 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:38 – 08:59 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:59 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Rog | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:46 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:08 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:25 | Good |
| Char | 20:25 – 22:04 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:04 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:00 – 04:38 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:38 – 06:17 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 NowSun
- 07:11 NowVenus
- 08:05 NowMercury
- 08:59 NowMoon
- 09:53 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:36 NowSun
- 13:31 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:19 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:08 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:19 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:31 NowMercury
- 22:37 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:54 NowMars
- 03:00 NowSun
- 04:05 NowVenus
- 05:11 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowSun
- 07:16 NowVenus
- 08:16 NowMercury
- 09:16 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:16 NowMars
- 13:16 NowSun
- 14:16 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:16 NowMercury
- 23:16 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:16 NowSun
- 04:16 NowVenus
- 05:16 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:31 – 06:21 Libra
- 06:21 – 08:38 Scorpio
- 08:38 – 10:42 Sagittarius
- 10:42 – 12:27 Capricorn
- 12:27 – 13:58 Aquarius
- 13:58 – 15:26 Pisces
- 15:26 – 17:05 Aries
- 17:05 – 19:02 Taurus
- 19:02 – 21:16 Gemini
- 21:16 – 23:33 Cancer
- 23:33 – 01:47 next day Leo
- 01:47 – 04:00 next day Virgo
- 04:00 – 06:17 next day Libra
- 06:17 – 06:17 next day Scorpio
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