Varanasi panchang, 20 November 2025
Sunrise 06:19 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 06:16 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:19 to 17:07- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:19 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam 09:01 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:55 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:21 – 12:05
- Rahu Kalam 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:17 Karana becomes Kimstughna
Night
17:07 to 06:20 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:34 – 05:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 12:17
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 10:58 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shobhana until 09:52
- Karana Naga until 12:17, then Kimstughna
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:52 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 10:58 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 12:17 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 12:17 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 01:33 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:19 – 07:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:01 – 10:22
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 09:52 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:55 – 10:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:04 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
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. 04:34 – 05:26
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:21 – 12:05
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:19 – 12:17
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 10:58 – 06:20 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:19 – 07:40 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:40 – 09:01 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:01 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:04 – 14:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:07 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:25 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:25 – 22:04 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:04 – 23:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:43 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 03:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:41 – 06:20 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
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:13 NowMars
- 08:07 NowSun
- 09:01 NowVenus
- 09:55 NowMercury
- 10:49 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:25 NowSun
- 15:19 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:07 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:19 NowJupiter
- 20:25 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMoon
- 01:56 NowSaturn
- 03:02 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSun
- 06:19 NowJupiter
- 07:19 NowMars
- 08:19 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:19 NowMercury
- 11:19 NowMoon
- 12:19 NowSaturn
- 13:19 NowJupiter
- 14:19 NowMars
- 15:19 NowSun
- 16:19 NowVenus
- 17:19 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:19 NowSaturn
- 20:19 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:19 NowSun
- 23:19 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMercury
- 01:19 NowMoon
- 02:19 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:19 NowMars
- 05:19 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:05 Libra
- 06:05 – 08:22 Scorpio
- 08:22 – 10:27 Sagittarius
- 10:27 – 12:11 Capricorn
- 12:11 – 13:42 Aquarius
- 13:42 – 15:11 Pisces
- 15:11 – 16:49 Aries
- 16:49 – 18:46 Taurus
- 18:46 – 21:00 Gemini
- 21:00 – 23:18 Cancer
- 23:18 – 01:32 next day Leo
- 01:32 – 03:44 next day Virgo
- 03:44 – 06:01 next day Libra
- 06:01 – 06:20 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