Varanasi panchang, 19 November 2025
Sunrise 06:18 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 05:21 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- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:39 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta 11:21 – 12:04
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:04 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:43 – 13:04
- 07:59 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
17:07 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:26 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:00 Karana becomes Naga
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Scorpio
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 09:44
- Nakshatra Swati until 07:59 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Saubhagya until 09:00
- Karana Shakuni until 09:44, then Chatushpada
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:59 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 09:00 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 09:44 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 09:44 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 23:00 Karana becomes Naga
- 04:14 next day Moon enters Scorpio
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:39 – 09:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:21 – 12:04
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 13:04
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. 04:33 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:45
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:18 – 07:39 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:39 – 09:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:22 – 11:43 | Good |
| Rog | 11:43 – 13:04 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Char | 22:04 – 23:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 03:01 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:01 – 04:40 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:40 – 06:19 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 NowMercury
- 07:12 NowMoon
- 08:07 NowSaturn
- 09:01 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:37 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:37 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:49 NowSun
- 01:55 NowVenus
- 03:01 NowMercury
- 04:07 NowMoon
- 05:13 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:33 – 06:09 Libra
- 06:09 – 08:26 Scorpio
- 08:26 – 10:30 Sagittarius
- 10:30 – 12:15 Capricorn
- 12:15 – 13:46 Aquarius
- 13:46 – 15:15 Pisces
- 15:15 – 16:53 Aries
- 16:53 – 18:50 Taurus
- 18:50 – 21:04 Gemini
- 21:04 – 23:22 Cancer
- 23:22 – 01:35 next day Leo
- 01:35 – 03:48 next day Virgo
- 03:48 – 06:05 next day Libra
- 06:05 – 06:19 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