Varanasi panchang, 7 December 2025
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 19:41 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:06- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:10
- Yamaganda 11:49 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam 14:28 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta 15:42 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam 15:47 – 17:06
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:06 to 06:32 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:25
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 04:11 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 20:07
- Karana Vanija until 07:51, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:25 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:07 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 22:38 Moon enters Cancer
- 04:11 next day Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 05:09 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:42 – 16:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:47 – 17:06
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. 04:44 – 05:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 04:11 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:31 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:51 – 09:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:10 – 10:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:29 – 11:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:49 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:08 – 14:28 | Good |
| Rog | 14:28 – 15:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:47 – 17:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:06 – 18:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:47 – 20:28 | Good |
| Char | 20:28 – 22:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:08 – 23:49 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:49 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:30 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:11 – 04:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:51 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:24 NowVenus
- 08:17 NowMercury
- 09:10 NowMoon
- 10:03 NowSaturn
- 10:56 NowJupiter
- 11:49 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:21 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:06 NowJupiter
- 18:14 NowMars
- 19:21 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:49 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:56 NowJupiter
- 02:03 NowMars
- 03:11 NowSun
- 04:18 NowVenus
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowSun
- 07:31 NowVenus
- 08:31 NowMercury
- 09:31 NowMoon
- 10:31 NowSaturn
- 11:31 NowJupiter
- 12:31 NowMars
- 13:31 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:31 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:31 NowVenus
- 22:31 NowMercury
- 23:31 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSaturn
- 01:31 NowJupiter
- 02:31 NowMars
- 03:31 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:31 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:58 Libra
- 04:58 – 07:15 Scorpio
- 07:15 – 09:20 Sagittarius
- 09:20 – 11:05 Capricorn
- 11:05 – 12:35 Aquarius
- 12:35 – 14:04 Pisces
- 14:04 – 15:42 Aries
- 15:42 – 17:39 Taurus
- 17:39 – 19:53 Gemini
- 19:53 – 22:11 Cancer
- 22:11 – 00:25 next day Leo
- 00:25 – 02:38 next day Virgo
- 02:38 – 04:54 next day Libra
- 04:54 – 06:32 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