Varanasi panchang, 25 October 2026
Sunrise 06:02 Sunset 17:21 Moonrise 16:37 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:02 to 17:21- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Yamaganda 11:41 – 13:06
- Gulika Kalam 14:31 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:50 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:21
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:21 to 06:03 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:21 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:21 – 05:12 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:22 Moon enters Aries
- 22:52 Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 11:56
- Nakshatra Revati until 19:22 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Harshana until 17:22
- Karana Vanija until 11:56, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Libra
- 11:56 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 11:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 17:22 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:22 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 19:22 Moon enters Aries
- 22:52 Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:56 – 19:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:50 – 16:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:21
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:22 – 18:34
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. 04:21 – 05:11
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:21 – 19:53
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:02 – 19:22
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:22 – 06:03 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:02 – 07:27 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:27 – 08:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:52 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:41 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:06 – 14:31 | Good |
| Rog | 14:31 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:21 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:31 | Good |
| Char | 20:31 – 22:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:06 – 23:42 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:42 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:17 – 02:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:52 – 04:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:27 – 06:03 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:02 NowSun
- 06:59 NowVenus
- 07:55 NowMercury
- 08:52 NowMoon
- 09:48 NowSaturn
- 10:45 NowJupiter
- 11:41 NowMars
- 12:38 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:31 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:24 NowSaturn
- 17:21 NowJupiter
- 18:24 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:31 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:38 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:45 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:52 NowSun
- 03:56 NowVenus
- 04:59 NowMercury
- 06:02 NowSun
- 07:02 NowVenus
- 08:02 NowMercury
- 09:02 NowMoon
- 10:02 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:02 NowVenus
- 15:02 NowMercury
- 16:02 NowMoon
- 17:02 NowSaturn
- 18:02 NowJupiter
- 19:02 NowMars
- 20:02 NowSun
- 21:02 NowVenus
- 22:02 NowMercury
- 23:02 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:02 NowMars
- 03:02 NowSun
- 04:02 NowVenus
- 05:02 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:32 Virgo
- 05:32 – 07:48 Libra
- 07:48 – 10:05 Scorpio
- 10:05 – 12:10 Sagittarius
- 12:10 – 13:55 Capricorn
- 13:55 – 15:25 Aquarius
- 15:25 – 16:54 Pisces
- 16:54 – 18:32 Aries
- 18:32 – 20:29 Taurus
- 20:29 – 22:43 Gemini
- 22:43 – 01:01 next day Cancer
- 01:01 – 03:15 next day Leo
- 03:15 – 05:28 next day Virgo
- 05:28 – 06:03 next day Libra
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