Varanasi panchang, 17 November 2025
Sunrise 06:17 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 03:36 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:17 to 17:08- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:38 – 09:00
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 11:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:58
- 07:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:35 Moon enters Libra
Night
17:08 to 06:18 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:32 – 05:25 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:12 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 05:01 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Priti until 07:22
- Karana Gara until 17:59, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:22 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 15:35 Moon enters Libra
- 17:59 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:01 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:38 – 09:00
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 11:42
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:04 – 12:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:58
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:17 – 05:01 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. 04:32 – 05:24
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 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
| Amrit | 06:17 – 07:38 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:38 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:00 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 11:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:42 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Char | 13:04 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:08 | Good |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:43 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:21 – 03:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:00 – 04:39 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:39 – 06:18 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:11 NowSaturn
- 08:05 NowJupiter
- 09:00 NowMars
- 09:54 NowSun
- 10:48 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:37 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:08 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:31 NowJupiter
- 22:37 NowMars
- 23:43 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:54 NowMercury
- 03:00 NowMoon
- 04:06 NowSaturn
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:17 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:17 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:17 NowVenus
- 12:17 NowMercury
- 13:17 NowMoon
- 14:17 NowSaturn
- 15:17 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:17 NowVenus
- 19:17 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:17 NowSaturn
- 22:17 NowJupiter
- 23:17 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:17 NowSun
- 01:17 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:17 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:17 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:17 Libra
- 06:17 – 08:34 Scorpio
- 08:34 – 10:38 Sagittarius
- 10:38 – 12:23 Capricorn
- 12:23 – 13:54 Aquarius
- 13:54 – 15:22 Pisces
- 15:22 – 17:01 Aries
- 17:01 – 18:58 Taurus
- 18:58 – 21:12 Gemini
- 21:12 – 23:29 Cancer
- 23:29 – 01:43 next day Leo
- 01:43 – 03:56 next day Virgo
- 03:56 – 06:13 next day Libra
- 06:13 – 06:18 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