Varanasi panchang, 4 December 2025
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 16:21 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- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:29 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam 09:08 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta 10:01 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:26 – 12:09
- Rahu Kalam 13:07 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta 14:16 – 14:59
- 08:38 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:54 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
17:06 to 06:30 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 08:38
- Nakshatra Krittika until 14:54 · lord Sun
- Yoga Shiva until 12:34
- Karana Vanija until 08:38, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:38 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 08:38 Karana becomes Vishti
- 12:34 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 14:54 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 18:41 Karana becomes Bava
- 04:44 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 04:44 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:29 – 07:49
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:08 – 10:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:01 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:07 – 14:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:16 – 14:59
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 14:54 – 06:30 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. 04:42 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:26 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:29 – 14:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 08:38 – 04:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:29 – 07:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:49 – 09:08 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:08 – 10:28 | Bad |
| Char | 10:28 – 11:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:48 – 13:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:07 – 14:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:27 – 15:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:46 – 17:06 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:06 – 18:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:46 – 20:27 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:27 – 22:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:07 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:48 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:28 – 03:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:09 – 04:49 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:49 – 06:30 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:22 NowMars
- 08:15 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:01 NowMercury
- 10:55 NowMoon
- 11:48 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:34 NowMars
- 14:27 NowSun
- 15:20 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:06 NowMoon
- 18:13 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:27 NowMars
- 21:34 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:48 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMoon
- 02:02 NowSaturn
- 03:09 NowJupiter
- 04:16 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSun
- 06:29 NowJupiter
- 07:29 NowMars
- 08:29 NowSun
- 09:29 NowVenus
- 10:29 NowMercury
- 11:29 NowMoon
- 12:29 NowSaturn
- 13:29 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:29 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:29 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:29 NowMars
- 22:29 NowSun
- 23:29 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMercury
- 01:29 NowMoon
- 02:29 NowSaturn
- 03:29 NowJupiter
- 04:29 NowMars
- 05:29 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:42 – 05:10 Libra
- 05:10 – 07:27 Scorpio
- 07:27 – 09:31 Sagittarius
- 09:31 – 11:16 Capricorn
- 11:16 – 12:47 Aquarius
- 12:47 – 14:16 Pisces
- 14:16 – 15:54 Aries
- 15:54 – 17:51 Taurus
- 17:51 – 20:05 Gemini
- 20:05 – 22:23 Cancer
- 22:23 – 00:37 next day Leo
- 00:37 – 02:49 next day Virgo
- 02:49 – 05:06 next day Libra
- 05:06 – 06:30 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