Varanasi panchang, 28 November 2025
Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 12:21 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:25 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:45 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta 08:33 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam 10:25 – 11:45
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:49
- Yamaganda 14:26 – 15:46
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:06 to 06:26 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:39 – 05:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 00:15 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 02:49 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 11:05
- Karana Vishti until 12:28, then Bava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:05 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:15 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 00:15 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 02:49 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 00:30 – 12:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:45 – 09:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:33 – 09:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:25 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 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. 04:38 – 05:32
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 02:49 – 06:26 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:25 – 07:45 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:45 – 09:05 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:05 – 10:25 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:25 – 11:45 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:45 – 13:05 | Good |
| Rog | 13:05 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:26 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Char | 15:46 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:46 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:26 – 22:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:06 – 23:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:46 – 01:26 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:26 – 03:06 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:06 – 04:46 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:46 – 06:26 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
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:18 NowMercury
- 08:12 NowMoon
- 09:05 NowSaturn
- 09:59 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:39 NowVenus
- 13:32 NowMercury
- 14:26 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:12 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:26 NowMercury
- 21:32 NowMoon
- 22:39 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:52 NowMars
- 01:59 NowSun
- 03:06 NowVenus
- 04:12 NowMercury
- 05:19 NowMoon
- 06:25 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:25 NowMoon
- 09:25 NowSaturn
- 10:25 NowJupiter
- 11:25 NowMars
- 12:25 NowSun
- 13:25 NowVenus
- 14:25 NowMercury
- 15:25 NowMoon
- 16:25 NowSaturn
- 17:25 NowJupiter
- 18:25 NowMars
- 19:25 NowSun
- 20:25 NowVenus
- 21:25 NowMercury
- 22:25 NowMoon
- 23:25 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:25 NowJupiter
- 01:25 NowMars
- 02:25 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:25 NowMercury
- 05:25 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:38 – 05:33 Libra
- 05:33 – 07:50 Scorpio
- 07:50 – 09:55 Sagittarius
- 09:55 – 11:40 Capricorn
- 11:40 – 13:11 Aquarius
- 13:11 – 14:39 Pisces
- 14:39 – 16:17 Aries
- 16:17 – 18:15 Taurus
- 18:15 – 20:28 Gemini
- 20:28 – 22:46 Cancer
- 22:46 – 01:00 next day Leo
- 01:00 – 03:13 next day Virgo
- 03:13 – 05:29 next day Libra
- 05:29 – 06:26 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