Varanasi panchang, 12 December 2025
Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:08 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:35 to 17:08- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:54 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta 08:41 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam 10:32 – 11:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Durmuhurta 12:12 – 12:54
- Yamaganda 14:29 – 15:49
- 10:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:08 to 06:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 14:57
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 05:50 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Priti until 11:12
- Karana Kaulava until 14:57, then Taitila
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 10:20 Moon enters Virgo
- 11:12 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 14:57 Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:43 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:50 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:54 – 09:13
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:41 – 09:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:32 – 11:51
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:12 – 12:54
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:29 – 15:49
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. 04:47 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:49
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:35 – 07:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:13 – 10:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:32 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:51 – 13:10 | Good |
| Rog | 13:10 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:29 – 15:49 | Bad |
| Char | 15:49 – 17:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:08 – 18:49 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:49 – 20:30 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:30 – 22:10 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:10 – 23:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:54 – 06:35 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
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:20 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:06 NowJupiter
- 10:58 NowMars
- 11:51 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:37 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:22 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:08 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:22 NowVenus
- 20:30 NowMercury
- 21:37 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:51 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMars
- 02:06 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:21 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:35 NowMoon
- 09:35 NowSaturn
- 10:35 NowJupiter
- 11:35 NowMars
- 12:35 NowSun
- 13:35 NowVenus
- 14:35 NowMercury
- 15:35 NowMoon
- 16:35 NowSaturn
- 17:35 NowJupiter
- 18:35 NowMars
- 19:35 NowSun
- 20:35 NowVenus
- 21:35 NowMercury
- 22:35 NowMoon
- 23:35 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:35 NowJupiter
- 01:35 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:35 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:55 Scorpio
- 06:55 – 09:00 Sagittarius
- 09:00 – 10:45 Capricorn
- 10:45 – 12:16 Aquarius
- 12:16 – 13:44 Pisces
- 13:44 – 15:22 Aries
- 15:22 – 17:19 Taurus
- 17:19 – 19:33 Gemini
- 19:33 – 21:51 Cancer
- 21:51 – 00:05 next day Leo
- 00:05 – 02:18 next day Virgo
- 02:18 – 04:34 next day Libra
- 04:34 – 06:35 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