Varanasi panchang, 20 December 2025
Sunrise 06:39 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 06:54 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 17:11- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:39 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta 06:39 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta 07:21 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam 09:17 – 10:36
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:16
- Yamaganda 13:14 – 14:33
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 07:13
- Nakshatra Mula until 01:21 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Ganda until 16:17
- Karana Naga until 07:13, then Kimstughna
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 07:13 Karana becomes Kimstughna
- 16:17 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 20:14 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:21 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:39 – 07:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:39 – 07:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:21 – 08:03
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:17 – 10:36
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:33
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) 11:34 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:39 – 07:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:58 – 09:17 | Good |
| Rog | 09:17 – 10:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:36 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:14 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:14 – 14:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:33 – 15:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:52 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:52 – 20:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:33 – 22:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:14 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:36 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:36 – 03:18 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:59 – 06:40 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
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:25 NowMars
- 09:17 NowSun
- 10:10 NowVenus
- 11:02 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 12:48 NowSaturn
- 13:40 NowJupiter
- 14:33 NowMars
- 15:26 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:26 NowSaturn
- 20:33 NowJupiter
- 21:40 NowMars
- 22:48 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:03 NowMercury
- 02:10 NowMoon
- 03:18 NowSaturn
- 04:25 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:51 – 06:24 Scorpio
- 06:24 – 08:29 Sagittarius
- 08:29 – 10:13 Capricorn
- 10:13 – 11:44 Aquarius
- 11:44 – 13:13 Pisces
- 13:13 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:48 Taurus
- 16:48 – 19:02 Gemini
- 19:02 – 21:20 Cancer
- 21:20 – 23:34 Leo
- 23:34 – 01:46 next day Virgo
- 01:46 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:20 next day Scorpio
- 06:20 – 06:40 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