Varanasi panchang, 25 September 2026
Sunrise 05:48 Sunset 17:50 Moonrise 16:59 Bhadrapada month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:48 to 17:50- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:18 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:13
- Durmuhurta 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:50 – 16:20
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:50 to 05:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:50 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 05:01 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:33 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 23:07
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 11:22 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 14:51
- Karana Gara until 11:17, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Virgo
- 11:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 11:22 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 14:51 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 23:07 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 23:07 Karana becomes Vishti
- 05:33 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:12 – 09:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:13 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:50 – 16:20
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:51 – 17:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:07 – 05:33 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:33 – 10:47 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 02:24 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 01:23 – 03:26 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. 04:12 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:13
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:50 – 20:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:48 – 11:22
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:48 – 07:18 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:18 – 08:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:49 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:49 – 13:19 | Good |
| Rog | 13:19 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:50 – 16:20 | Bad |
| Char | 16:20 – 17:50 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:50 – 19:20 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:20 – 20:50 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:50 – 22:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:19 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:49 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:49 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:49 – 04:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:19 – 05:48 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
- 05:48 NowVenus
- 06:48 NowMercury
- 07:48 NowMoon
- 08:48 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:48 NowVenus
- 13:48 NowMercury
- 14:48 NowMoon
- 15:48 NowSaturn
- 16:48 NowJupiter
- 17:48 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:48 NowVenus
- 20:48 NowMercury
- 21:48 NowMoon
- 22:48 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:48 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:48 NowMercury
- 04:48 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 05:17 Leo
- 05:17 – 07:30 Virgo
- 07:30 – 09:46 Libra
- 09:46 – 12:03 Scorpio
- 12:03 – 14:08 Sagittarius
- 14:08 – 15:53 Capricorn
- 15:53 – 17:23 Aquarius
- 17:23 – 18:52 Pisces
- 18:52 – 20:30 Aries
- 20:30 – 22:27 Taurus
- 22:27 – 00:41 next day Gemini
- 00:41 – 02:59 next day Cancer
- 02:59 – 05:13 next day Leo
- 05:13 – 05:48 next day Virgo
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