Varanasi panchang, 8 December 2025
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 20:49 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:07- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:11
- Yamaganda 10:30 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam 13:09 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 15:00
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
Night
17:07 to 06:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 16:03
- Nakshatra Pushya until 02:52 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Brahma until 17:01
- Karana Balava until 16:03, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 16:03 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 16:03 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:01 Yoga becomes Indra
- 02:52 next day Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:11
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:30 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:09 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 15:00
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 12:45 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 11:46 – 13:44
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. 04:45 – 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 17:07 – 19:48
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:32 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:32 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:11 – 10:30 | Good |
| Rog | 10:30 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Char | 13:09 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:07 | Good |
| Char | 17:07 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:09 – 23:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:50 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 03:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:11 – 04:52 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:52 – 06:33 next day | Neutral |
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
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:18 NowJupiter
- 09:11 NowMars
- 10:04 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:07 NowVenus
- 18:14 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:50 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 02:04 NowMercury
- 03:11 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:32 NowMoon
- 07:32 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:32 NowMars
- 10:32 NowSun
- 11:32 NowVenus
- 12:32 NowMercury
- 13:32 NowMoon
- 14:32 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:32 NowMars
- 17:32 NowSun
- 18:32 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:32 NowMoon
- 21:32 NowSaturn
- 22:32 NowJupiter
- 23:32 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSun
- 01:32 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:32 NowMoon
- 04:32 NowSaturn
- 05:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:45 – 04:54 Libra
- 04:54 – 07:11 Scorpio
- 07:11 – 09:16 Sagittarius
- 09:16 – 11:01 Capricorn
- 11:01 – 12:31 Aquarius
- 12:31 – 14:00 Pisces
- 14:00 – 15:38 Aries
- 15:38 – 17:35 Taurus
- 17:35 – 19:49 Gemini
- 19:49 – 22:07 Cancer
- 22:07 – 00:21 next day Leo
- 00:21 – 02:34 next day Virgo
- 02:34 – 04:50 next day Libra
- 04:50 – 06:33 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