Varanasi panchang, 19 December 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:10 Moonrise 06:01 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:39 to 17:10- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:58 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta 08:45 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam 10:36 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:16
- Durmuhurta 12:16 – 12:58
- Yamaganda 14:32 – 15:51
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
Night
17:10 to 06:39 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:10 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:08 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 22:51 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 15:46
- Karana Chatushpada until 18:08, then Naga
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 15:46 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 18:08 Karana becomes Naga
- 22:51 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 22:51 Moon enters Sagittarius
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:45 – 09:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:36 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:16 – 12:58
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:32 – 15:51
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 15:46 – 18:10
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 06:39 – 22:51
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. 04:51 – 05:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:10 – 19:52
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:39 – 07:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:58 – 09:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:17 – 10:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:36 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:55 – 13:13 | Good |
| Rog | 13:13 – 14:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:32 – 15:51 | Bad |
| Char | 15:51 – 17:10 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:10 – 18:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:51 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:33 – 22:14 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:14 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:36 – 03:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:17 – 04:58 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:58 – 06:39 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
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:31 NowMercury
- 08:24 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:09 NowJupiter
- 11:02 NowMars
- 11:55 NowSun
- 12:47 NowVenus
- 13:40 NowMercury
- 14:32 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:10 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:40 NowMoon
- 22:47 NowSaturn
- 23:55 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:02 NowMars
- 02:10 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:24 NowMercury
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowVenus
- 07:39 NowMercury
- 08:39 NowMoon
- 09:39 NowSaturn
- 10:39 NowJupiter
- 11:39 NowMars
- 12:39 NowSun
- 13:39 NowVenus
- 14:39 NowMercury
- 15:39 NowMoon
- 16:39 NowSaturn
- 17:39 NowJupiter
- 18:39 NowMars
- 19:39 NowSun
- 20:39 NowVenus
- 21:39 NowMercury
- 22:39 NowMoon
- 23:39 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:39 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:39 NowSun
- 03:39 NowVenus
- 04:39 NowMercury
- 05:39 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:32 Sagittarius
- 08:32 – 10:17 Capricorn
- 10:17 – 11:48 Aquarius
- 11:48 – 13:17 Pisces
- 13:17 – 14:55 Aries
- 14:55 – 16:52 Taurus
- 16:52 – 19:06 Gemini
- 19:06 – 21:24 Cancer
- 21:24 – 23:38 Leo
- 23:38 – 01:50 next day Virgo
- 01:50 – 04:07 next day Libra
- 04:07 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 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