Varanasi panchang, 26 November 2025
Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 11:11 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:23 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:44 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta 11:23 – 12:06
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:23 – 12:06 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:45 – 13:05
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:06 to 06:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:38 – 05:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 00:02 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 01:33 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vriddhi until 12:42
- Karana Kaulava until 11:34, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 11:34 Karana becomes Taitila
- 12:42 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 00:02 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 00:02 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 01:33 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:44 – 09:04
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:23 – 12:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:45 – 13:05
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:21 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 07:15 – 09:26
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 01:33 – 06:24 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. 04:37 – 05:30
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:23 – 01:33 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 00:02 – 06:24 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:23 – 07:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:44 – 09:04 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:04 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 11:45 | Good |
| Rog | 11:45 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:05 – 14:25 | Bad |
| Char | 14:25 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:25 – 22:05 | Good |
| Char | 22:05 – 23:45 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:45 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 03:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:05 – 04:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:44 – 06:24 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
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:17 NowMoon
- 08:11 NowSaturn
- 09:04 NowJupiter
- 09:58 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 11:45 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:19 NowJupiter
- 16:12 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:12 NowVenus
- 19:19 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:39 NowJupiter
- 23:45 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:58 NowVenus
- 03:05 NowMercury
- 04:11 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowMercury
- 07:23 NowMoon
- 08:23 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:23 NowMars
- 11:23 NowSun
- 12:23 NowVenus
- 13:23 NowMercury
- 14:23 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:23 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:23 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:23 NowSaturn
- 23:23 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMars
- 01:23 NowSun
- 02:23 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:23 NowMoon
- 05:23 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:37 – 05:41 Libra
- 05:41 – 07:58 Scorpio
- 07:58 – 10:03 Sagittarius
- 10:03 – 11:48 Capricorn
- 11:48 – 13:19 Aquarius
- 13:19 – 14:47 Pisces
- 14:47 – 16:25 Aries
- 16:25 – 18:22 Taurus
- 18:22 – 20:36 Gemini
- 20:36 – 22:54 Cancer
- 22:54 – 01:08 next day Leo
- 01:08 – 03:21 next day Virgo
- 03:21 – 05:37 next day Libra
- 05:37 – 06:24 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