Varanasi panchang, 21 November 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 07:12 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 17:07- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:41 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta 08:29 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:22 – 12:05
- Durmuhurta 12:05 – 12:48
- Yamaganda 14:25 – 15:46
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:47 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:07 to 06:21 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:35 – 05:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:47
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 13:55 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Atiganda until 10:43
- Karana Bava until 14:47, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:43 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 13:55 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 14:47 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:47 Karana becomes Balava
- 04:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:41 – 09:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:29 – 09:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:05 – 12:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:25 – 15:46
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 13:55 – 06:21 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. 04:34 – 05:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:22 – 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 06:20 – 14:47
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:20 – 07:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:41 – 09:02 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:02 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:43 – 13:04 | Good |
| Rog | 13:04 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:25 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:07 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:25 – 22:04 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:04 – 23:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:44 – 01:23 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:23 – 03:02 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:02 – 04:41 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:41 – 06:21 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
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:14 NowMercury
- 08:08 NowMoon
- 09:02 NowSaturn
- 09:55 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:43 NowSun
- 12:37 NowVenus
- 13:31 NowMercury
- 14:25 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:07 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:31 NowMoon
- 22:37 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:56 NowSun
- 03:02 NowVenus
- 04:08 NowMercury
- 05:14 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:20 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:20 NowJupiter
- 11:20 NowMars
- 12:20 NowSun
- 13:20 NowVenus
- 14:20 NowMercury
- 15:20 NowMoon
- 16:20 NowSaturn
- 17:20 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:20 NowSun
- 20:20 NowVenus
- 21:20 NowMercury
- 22:20 NowMoon
- 23:20 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:20 NowJupiter
- 01:20 NowMars
- 02:20 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:20 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:34 – 06:01 Libra
- 06:01 – 08:18 Scorpio
- 08:18 – 10:23 Sagittarius
- 10:23 – 12:07 Capricorn
- 12:07 – 13:38 Aquarius
- 13:38 – 15:07 Pisces
- 15:07 – 16:45 Aries
- 16:45 – 18:42 Taurus
- 18:42 – 20:56 Gemini
- 20:56 – 23:14 Cancer
- 23:14 – 01:28 next day Leo
- 01:28 – 03:40 next day Virgo
- 03:40 – 05:57 next day Libra
- 05:57 – 06:21 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