Varanasi panchang, 2 December 2025
Sunrise 06:28 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 14:42 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:28 to 17:06- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:35 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 09:07 – 10:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Gulika Kalam 11:47 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam 14:26 – 15:46
- 15:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:41 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:51 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 15:57
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 20:51 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Variyan until 21:08
- Karana Balava until 15:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 15:57 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 15:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:51 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 21:08 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 02:14 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:35 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:07 – 10:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:26 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 21:08 – 07:02 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. 04:41 – 05:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:08
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 06:28 – 20:51
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:28 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:57 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:51 – 01:14 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:28 – 07:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:48 – 09:07 | Bad |
| Char | 09:07 – 10:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:27 – 11:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:47 – 13:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:07 – 14:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:26 – 15:46 | Good |
| Rog | 15:46 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:46 – 20:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:26 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:07 – 23:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:47 – 01:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:27 – 03:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:08 – 04:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:48 – 06:29 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
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:21 NowSun
- 08:14 NowVenus
- 09:07 NowMercury
- 10:00 NowMoon
- 10:54 NowSaturn
- 11:47 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:33 NowSun
- 14:26 NowVenus
- 15:19 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:06 NowSaturn
- 18:13 NowJupiter
- 19:20 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:33 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:47 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSaturn
- 02:01 NowJupiter
- 03:08 NowMars
- 04:15 NowSun
- 05:22 NowVenus
- 06:28 NowMars
- 07:28 NowSun
- 08:28 NowVenus
- 09:28 NowMercury
- 10:28 NowMoon
- 11:28 NowSaturn
- 12:28 NowJupiter
- 13:28 NowMars
- 14:28 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:28 NowMercury
- 17:28 NowMoon
- 18:28 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:28 NowMars
- 21:28 NowSun
- 22:28 NowVenus
- 23:28 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMoon
- 01:28 NowSaturn
- 02:28 NowJupiter
- 03:28 NowMars
- 04:28 NowSun
- 05:28 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:18 Libra
- 05:18 – 07:35 Scorpio
- 07:35 – 09:39 Sagittarius
- 09:39 – 11:24 Capricorn
- 11:24 – 12:55 Aquarius
- 12:55 – 14:23 Pisces
- 14:23 – 16:02 Aries
- 16:02 – 17:59 Taurus
- 17:59 – 20:13 Gemini
- 20:13 – 22:30 Cancer
- 22:30 – 00:44 next day Leo
- 00:44 – 02:57 next day Virgo
- 02:57 – 05:14 next day Libra
- 05:14 – 06:29 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