Varanasi panchang, 1 December 2025
Sunrise 06:27 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 14:03 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:27 to 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:47 – 09:07
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 11:46
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:25 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 12:08 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam 13:06 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta 14:15 – 14:58
- 08:20 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:18 Moon enters Aries
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 19:01
- Nakshatra Revati until 23:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vyatipata until 00:58 next day
- Karana Vanija until 08:20, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:20 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 19:01 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:18 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 23:18 Moon enters Aries
- 00:58 next day Yoga becomes Variyan
- 05:33 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:22 – 00:58 next day
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:47 – 09:07
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 08:20 – 19:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 11:46
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:08 – 12:50
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:06 – 14:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:15 – 14:58
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. 04:40 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:25 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:27 – 07:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:47 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:07 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 11:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:46 – 13:06 | Bad |
| Char | 13:06 – 14:26 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:26 – 15:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:46 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:46 – 20:26 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:26 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:07 – 23:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:27 – 03:07 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:07 – 04:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:48 – 06:28 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
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:14 NowJupiter
- 09:07 NowMars
- 10:00 NowSun
- 10:53 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:40 NowMoon
- 13:33 NowSaturn
- 14:26 NowJupiter
- 15:19 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:26 NowSaturn
- 21:33 NowJupiter
- 22:40 NowMars
- 23:47 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:54 NowVenus
- 02:00 NowMercury
- 03:07 NowMoon
- 04:14 NowSaturn
- 05:21 NowJupiter
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:27 NowSaturn
- 08:27 NowJupiter
- 09:27 NowMars
- 10:27 NowSun
- 11:27 NowVenus
- 12:27 NowMercury
- 13:27 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:27 NowMars
- 17:27 NowSun
- 18:27 NowVenus
- 19:27 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:27 NowJupiter
- 23:27 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:27 NowSun
- 01:27 NowVenus
- 02:27 NowMercury
- 03:27 NowMoon
- 04:27 NowSaturn
- 05:27 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:40 – 05:22 Libra
- 05:22 – 07:39 Scorpio
- 07:39 – 09:43 Sagittarius
- 09:43 – 11:28 Capricorn
- 11:28 – 12:59 Aquarius
- 12:59 – 14:27 Pisces
- 14:27 – 16:06 Aries
- 16:06 – 18:03 Taurus
- 18:03 – 20:17 Gemini
- 20:17 – 22:34 Cancer
- 22:34 – 00:48 next day Leo
- 00:48 – 03:01 next day Virgo
- 03:01 – 05:18 next day Libra
- 05:18 – 06:28 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