Varanasi panchang, 16 December 2025
Sunrise 06:37 Sunset 17:09 Moonrise 03:16 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:37 to 17:09- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:43 – 09:26
- Yamaganda 09:15 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:14
- Gulika Kalam 11:53 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam 14:31 – 15:50
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Night
17:09 to 06:38 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:09 – 19:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:50 – 05:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 23:57
- Nakshatra Swati until 14:09 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 13:23
- Karana Kaulava until 10:38, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:23 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 14:09 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 23:57 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 23:57 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:43 – 09:26
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:15 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:53 – 13:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:31 – 15:50
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) 11:32 – 12:14
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:09 – 19:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 23:57 – 06:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:37 – 07:56 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:56 – 09:15 | Bad |
| Char | 09:15 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 11:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:53 – 13:12 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:12 – 14:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:31 – 15:50 | Good |
| Rog | 15:50 – 17:09 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:09 – 18:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:50 – 20:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:31 – 22:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:12 – 23:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:53 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:15 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:15 – 04:57 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:57 – 06:38 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
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:22 NowVenus
- 09:15 NowMercury
- 10:08 NowMoon
- 11:00 NowSaturn
- 11:53 NowJupiter
- 12:46 NowMars
- 13:38 NowSun
- 14:31 NowVenus
- 15:24 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:09 NowSaturn
- 18:16 NowJupiter
- 19:24 NowMars
- 20:31 NowSun
- 21:39 NowVenus
- 22:46 NowMercury
- 23:53 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:01 NowSaturn
- 02:08 NowJupiter
- 03:15 NowMars
- 04:23 NowSun
- 05:30 NowVenus
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:49 – 06:40 Scorpio
- 06:40 – 08:44 Sagittarius
- 08:44 – 10:29 Capricorn
- 10:29 – 12:00 Aquarius
- 12:00 – 13:28 Pisces
- 13:28 – 15:07 Aries
- 15:07 – 17:04 Taurus
- 17:04 – 19:18 Gemini
- 19:18 – 21:35 Cancer
- 21:35 – 23:49 Leo
- 23:49 – 02:02 next day Virgo
- 02:02 – 04:19 next day Libra
- 04:19 – 06:36 next day Scorpio
- 06:36 – 06:38 next day Sagittarius
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