Varanasi panchang, 15 December 2025
Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 02:23 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:36 to 17:09- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:14
- Yamaganda 10:34 – 11:53
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:14
- Durmuhurta 12:14 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta 14:20 – 15:02
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
17:09 to 06:37 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:50
- Brahma Muhurta 04:49 – 05:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 21:20
- Nakshatra Chitra until 11:08 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 12:30
- Karana Bava until 08:03, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:03 Karana becomes Balava
- 11:08 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 12:30 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 21:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 21:20 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:34 – 11:53
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:14 – 12:56
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 12:30 – 14:54
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:12 – 14:31
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:20 – 15:02
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:36 – 11:08
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. 04:49 – 05:43
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:50
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:36 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:14 – 10:34 | Good |
| Rog | 10:34 – 11:53 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:53 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Char | 13:12 – 14:31 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:50 – 17:09 | Good |
| Char | 17:09 – 18:50 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:50 – 20:31 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:12 – 23:53 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:15 – 04:56 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:56 – 06:37 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
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:22 NowJupiter
- 09:14 NowMars
- 10:07 NowSun
- 11:00 NowVenus
- 11:53 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:38 NowSaturn
- 14:31 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:09 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:23 NowMoon
- 20:31 NowSaturn
- 21:38 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:53 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:00 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:15 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:44 Scorpio
- 06:44 – 08:48 Sagittarius
- 08:48 – 10:33 Capricorn
- 10:33 – 12:04 Aquarius
- 12:04 – 13:32 Pisces
- 13:32 – 15:11 Aries
- 15:11 – 17:08 Taurus
- 17:08 – 19:22 Gemini
- 19:22 – 21:39 Cancer
- 21:39 – 23:53 Leo
- 23:53 – 02:06 next day Virgo
- 02:06 – 04:23 next day Libra
- 04:23 – 06:37 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