Varanasi panchang, 21 December 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:11 Moonrise 07:45 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:11- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:17
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 14:33 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta 15:47 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam 15:52 – 17:11
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:11 to 06:40 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:11 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:52 – 05:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 09:11
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 03:36 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:35
- Karana Bava until 09:11, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 09:11 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:35 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 22:04 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 03:36 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:33 – 15:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:47 – 16:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:52 – 17:11
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:11 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:36 – 06:40 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:40 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:59 – 09:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:18 – 10:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:37 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:14 – 14:33 | Good |
| Rog | 14:33 – 15:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:52 – 17:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:11 – 18:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:52 – 20:34 | Good |
| Char | 20:34 – 22:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:15 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:18 – 04:59 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:25 NowMercury
- 09:18 NowMoon
- 10:10 NowSaturn
- 11:03 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 12:48 NowSun
- 13:41 NowVenus
- 14:33 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:19 NowMars
- 19:26 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:41 NowMercury
- 22:48 NowMoon
- 23:56 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:03 NowJupiter
- 02:11 NowMars
- 03:18 NowSun
- 04:25 NowVenus
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:40 NowMercury
- 09:40 NowMoon
- 10:40 NowSaturn
- 11:40 NowJupiter
- 12:40 NowMars
- 13:40 NowSun
- 14:40 NowVenus
- 15:40 NowMercury
- 16:40 NowMoon
- 17:40 NowSaturn
- 18:40 NowJupiter
- 19:40 NowMars
- 20:40 NowSun
- 21:40 NowVenus
- 22:40 NowMercury
- 23:40 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSaturn
- 01:40 NowJupiter
- 02:40 NowMars
- 03:40 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:40 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:20 Scorpio
- 06:20 – 08:25 Sagittarius
- 08:25 – 10:10 Capricorn
- 10:10 – 11:40 Aquarius
- 11:40 – 13:09 Pisces
- 13:09 – 14:47 Aries
- 14:47 – 16:44 Taurus
- 16:44 – 18:58 Gemini
- 18:58 – 21:16 Cancer
- 21:16 – 23:30 Leo
- 23:30 – 01:43 next day Virgo
- 01:43 – 03:59 next day Libra
- 03:59 – 06:16 next day Scorpio
- 06:16 – 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