Varanasi panchang, 5 December 2025
Sunrise 06:30 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 17:23 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:30 to 17:06- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:49 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta 08:37 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 11:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:09
- Durmuhurta 12:09 – 12:52
- Yamaganda 14:27 – 15:47
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:06 to 06:31 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:43 – 05:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 00:56 next day
- Nakshatra Rohini until 11:46 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 08:08
- Karana Balava until 14:48, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:08 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 11:46 Nakshatra becomes Mrigashira
- 14:48 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 22:15 Moon enters Gemini
- 00:56 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 00:56 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:48 next day Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:49 – 09:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:37 – 09:20
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 11:48
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:09 – 12:52
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:27 – 15:47
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. 04:43 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:09
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:30 – 00:56 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:30 – 07:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:49 – 09:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:09 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 11:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:48 – 13:08 | Good |
| Rog | 13:08 – 14:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:27 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Char | 15:47 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:06 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:47 – 20:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:27 – 22:08 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:08 – 23:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:48 – 01:29 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:29 – 03:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:09 – 04:50 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:50 – 06:31 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
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:23 NowMercury
- 08:16 NowMoon
- 09:09 NowSaturn
- 10:02 NowJupiter
- 10:55 NowMars
- 11:48 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:27 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:06 NowMars
- 18:13 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:27 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:48 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:55 NowMars
- 02:02 NowSun
- 03:09 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:24 NowMoon
- 06:30 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:30 NowMoon
- 09:30 NowSaturn
- 10:30 NowJupiter
- 11:30 NowMars
- 12:30 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:30 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:30 NowSaturn
- 17:30 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:30 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:30 NowMoon
- 23:30 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:30 NowJupiter
- 01:30 NowMars
- 02:30 NowSun
- 03:30 NowVenus
- 04:30 NowMercury
- 05:30 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:43 – 05:06 Libra
- 05:06 – 07:23 Scorpio
- 07:23 – 09:28 Sagittarius
- 09:28 – 11:12 Capricorn
- 11:12 – 12:43 Aquarius
- 12:43 – 14:12 Pisces
- 14:12 – 15:50 Aries
- 15:50 – 17:47 Taurus
- 17:47 – 20:01 Gemini
- 20:01 – 22:19 Cancer
- 22:19 – 00:33 next day Leo
- 00:33 – 02:45 next day Virgo
- 02:45 – 05:02 next day Libra
- 05:02 – 06:31 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