Varanasi panchang, 10 December 2025
Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 22:51 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:33 to 17:07- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:53 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam 10:31 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:11 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:50 – 13:09
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:07 to 06:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:46 – 05:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 13:47
- Nakshatra Magha until 02:44 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 12:46
- Karana Vanija until 13:47, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 12:46 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 13:47 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 13:47 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:45 next day Karana becomes Bava
- 02:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:33 – 12:46
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:53 – 09:12
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:31 – 11:50
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:50 – 13:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:46 – 13:58
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:47 – 01:45 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. 04:46 – 05:40
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:07 – 19:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:33 – 02:44 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:47 – 06:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:33 – 07:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:53 – 09:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:12 – 10:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:31 – 11:50 | Good |
| Rog | 11:50 – 13:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:09 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:48 – 17:07 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:07 – 18:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:48 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:10 | Good |
| Char | 22:10 – 23:51 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:51 – 01:31 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:31 – 03:12 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:12 – 04:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:53 – 06:34 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
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:26 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:12 NowJupiter
- 10:05 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 11:50 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:21 NowJupiter
- 16:14 NowMars
- 17:07 NowSun
- 18:14 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:51 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:58 NowSun
- 02:05 NowVenus
- 03:12 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
- 05:27 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:33 NowJupiter
- 10:33 NowMars
- 11:33 NowSun
- 12:33 NowVenus
- 13:33 NowMercury
- 14:33 NowMoon
- 15:33 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:33 NowMars
- 18:33 NowSun
- 19:33 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:33 NowMoon
- 22:33 NowSaturn
- 23:33 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:33 NowMars
- 01:33 NowSun
- 02:33 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:46 – 04:46 Libra
- 04:46 – 07:03 Scorpio
- 07:03 – 09:08 Sagittarius
- 09:08 – 10:53 Capricorn
- 10:53 – 12:24 Aquarius
- 12:24 – 13:52 Pisces
- 13:52 – 15:30 Aries
- 15:30 – 17:27 Taurus
- 17:27 – 19:41 Gemini
- 19:41 – 21:59 Cancer
- 21:59 – 00:13 next day Leo
- 00:13 – 02:26 next day Virgo
- 02:26 – 04:42 next day Libra
- 04:42 – 06:34 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