Varanasi panchang, 18 December 2025
Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 05:06 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:38 to 17:10- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:38 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam 09:16 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta 10:09 – 10:51
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:15
- Rahu Kalam 13:13 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta 14:21 – 15:04
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 20:07 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 15:05
- Karana Vishti until 15:47, then Shakuni
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:05 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:47 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 20:07 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 04:59 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:59 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:38 – 07:57
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:16 – 10:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:09 – 10:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:13 – 14:32
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:21 – 15:04
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:05 – 17:05
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. 04:50 – 05:44
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:15
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:38 – 20:07
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:59 – 06:39 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:38 – 07:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:57 – 09:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:16 – 10:35 | Bad |
| Char | 10:35 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:13 – 14:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:32 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:51 – 17:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:10 – 18:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:51 – 20:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:32 – 22:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:13 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:35 – 03:17 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:58 – 06:39 next day | Good |
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
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:31 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:16 NowVenus
- 10:09 NowMercury
- 11:01 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 12:47 NowJupiter
- 13:39 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:25 NowVenus
- 16:17 NowMercury
- 17:10 NowMoon
- 18:17 NowSaturn
- 19:25 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:47 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMoon
- 02:09 NowSaturn
- 03:17 NowJupiter
- 04:24 NowMars
- 05:31 NowSun
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:38 NowSun
- 09:38 NowVenus
- 10:38 NowMercury
- 11:38 NowMoon
- 12:38 NowSaturn
- 13:38 NowJupiter
- 14:38 NowMars
- 15:38 NowSun
- 16:38 NowVenus
- 17:38 NowMercury
- 18:38 NowMoon
- 19:38 NowSaturn
- 20:38 NowJupiter
- 21:38 NowMars
- 22:38 NowSun
- 23:38 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:38 NowMercury
- 01:38 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:50 – 06:32 Scorpio
- 06:32 – 08:36 Sagittarius
- 08:36 – 10:21 Capricorn
- 10:21 – 11:52 Aquarius
- 11:52 – 13:20 Pisces
- 13:20 – 14:59 Aries
- 14:59 – 16:56 Taurus
- 16:56 – 19:10 Gemini
- 19:10 – 21:28 Cancer
- 21:28 – 23:41 Leo
- 23:41 – 01:54 next day Virgo
- 01:54 – 04:11 next day Libra
- 04:11 – 06:28 next day Scorpio
- 06:28 – 06:39 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