Varanasi panchang, 24 November 2025
Sunrise 06:22 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 09:47 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:22 to 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:43 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 12:06 – 12:48
- Gulika Kalam 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta 14:14 – 14:57
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:36 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:06 to 06:23 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:45
- Brahma Muhurta 04:37 – 05:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 21:22
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 21:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Shula until 12:36
- Karana Vanija until 08:26, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:26 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:36 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 21:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 21:22 Karana becomes Bava
- 21:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 04:27 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:43 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:06 – 12:48
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:36 – 15:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:05 – 14:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:14 – 14:57
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:22 – 21:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:53 – 06:23 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. 04:36 – 05:29
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:23 – 12:06
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:45
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:22 – 21:53
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:22 – 07:43 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:43 – 09:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:03 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 11:44 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:44 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Char | 13:05 – 14:25 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:25 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:25 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:25 – 22:05 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:05 – 23:44 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:44 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 03:04 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:04 – 04:43 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:43 – 06:23 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
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:03 NowMars
- 09:57 NowSun
- 10:50 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:38 NowMoon
- 13:31 NowSaturn
- 14:25 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:12 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:25 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:38 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:51 NowVenus
- 01:57 NowMercury
- 03:04 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowJupiter
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:22 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:22 NowMars
- 10:22 NowSun
- 11:22 NowVenus
- 12:22 NowMercury
- 13:22 NowMoon
- 14:22 NowSaturn
- 15:22 NowJupiter
- 16:22 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:22 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:22 NowMoon
- 21:22 NowSaturn
- 22:22 NowJupiter
- 23:22 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:22 NowSun
- 01:22 NowVenus
- 02:22 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:22 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:36 – 05:49 Libra
- 05:49 – 08:06 Scorpio
- 08:06 – 10:11 Sagittarius
- 10:11 – 11:56 Capricorn
- 11:56 – 13:26 Aquarius
- 13:26 – 14:55 Pisces
- 14:55 – 16:33 Aries
- 16:33 – 18:30 Taurus
- 18:30 – 20:44 Gemini
- 20:44 – 23:02 Cancer
- 23:02 – 01:16 next day Leo
- 01:16 – 03:29 next day Virgo
- 03:29 – 05:45 next day Libra
- 05:45 – 06:23 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