Varanasi panchang, 3 December 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 15:28 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:06- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:48 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam 10:28 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta 11:26 – 12:08
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:08 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:47 – 13:07
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:57 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
17:06 to 06:29 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:42 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Moon enters Taurus
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 12:26
- Nakshatra Bharani until 18:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Parigha until 16:57
- Karana Taitila until 12:26, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:57 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:00 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 22:33 Karana becomes Vanija
- 23:14 Moon enters Taurus
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:48 – 09:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:26 – 12:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:47 – 13:07
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 18:00
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 – 05:35
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 18:00 – 06:29 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:00 – 06:29 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 18:00 – 06:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:29 – 07:48 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:48 – 09:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:08 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:28 – 11:47 | Good |
| Rog | 11:47 – 13:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:07 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Char | 14:27 – 15:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:06 – 18:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:46 – 20:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:27 – 22:07 | Good |
| Char | 22:07 – 23:48 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:48 – 01:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:28 – 03:08 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:08 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:49 – 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
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:22 NowMoon
- 08:15 NowSaturn
- 09:08 NowJupiter
- 10:01 NowMars
- 10:54 NowSun
- 11:47 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:27 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:13 NowMars
- 17:06 NowSun
- 18:13 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:27 NowMoon
- 21:34 NowSaturn
- 22:41 NowJupiter
- 23:48 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 02:01 NowVenus
- 03:08 NowMercury
- 04:15 NowMoon
- 05:22 NowSaturn
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:41 – 05:14 Libra
- 05:14 – 07:31 Scorpio
- 07:31 – 09:35 Sagittarius
- 09:35 – 11:20 Capricorn
- 11:20 – 12:51 Aquarius
- 12:51 – 14:19 Pisces
- 14:19 – 15:58 Aries
- 15:58 – 17:55 Taurus
- 17:55 – 20:09 Gemini
- 20:09 – 22:26 Cancer
- 22:26 – 00:40 next day Leo
- 00:40 – 02:53 next day Virgo
- 02:53 – 05:10 next day Libra
- 05:10 – 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