Varanasi panchang, 18 November 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 04:28 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:18 to 17:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:28 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 09:00 – 10:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam 14:25 – 15:46
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
17:07 to 06:18 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:33 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:27 Karana becomes Shakuni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 07:12
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:59 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Ayushman until 08:09
- Karana Vanija until 07:12, then Vishti
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:12 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 07:12 Karana becomes Vishti
- 08:09 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:27 Karana becomes Shakuni
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:28 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:00 – 10:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
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 – 05:25
- 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 17:07 – 19:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:18 – 07:12
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:18 – 07:39 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:39 – 09:00 | Bad |
| Char | 09:00 – 10:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:21 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:04 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:40 – 06:18 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
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:06 NowVenus
- 09:00 NowMercury
- 09:54 NowMoon
- 10:48 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:37 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:25 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:25 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:37 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSaturn
- 01:55 NowJupiter
- 03:01 NowMars
- 04:07 NowSun
- 05:12 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMars
- 07:18 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:18 NowMoon
- 11:18 NowSaturn
- 12:18 NowJupiter
- 13:18 NowMars
- 14:18 NowSun
- 15:18 NowVenus
- 16:18 NowMercury
- 17:18 NowMoon
- 18:18 NowSaturn
- 19:18 NowJupiter
- 20:18 NowMars
- 21:18 NowSun
- 22:18 NowVenus
- 23:18 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMoon
- 01:18 NowSaturn
- 02:18 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:18 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:32 – 06:13 Libra
- 06:13 – 08:30 Scorpio
- 08:30 – 10:34 Sagittarius
- 10:34 – 12:19 Capricorn
- 12:19 – 13:50 Aquarius
- 13:50 – 15:18 Pisces
- 15:18 – 16:57 Aries
- 16:57 – 18:54 Taurus
- 18:54 – 21:08 Gemini
- 21:08 – 23:25 Cancer
- 23:25 – 01:39 next day Leo
- 01:39 – 03:52 next day Virgo
- 03:52 – 06:09 next day Libra
- 06:09 – 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