Varanasi panchang, 22 December 2025
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 08:30 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 17:12- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:59 – 09:18
- Yamaganda 10:37 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Durmuhurta 12:17 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam 13:15 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta 14:23 – 15:06
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 10:52
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 05:32 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Dhruva until 16:40
- Karana Kaulava until 10:52, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:07 Moon enters Capricorn
- 10:52 Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 10:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:40 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 23:35 Karana becomes Gara
- 05:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:59 – 09:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:37 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:17 – 12:59
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:15 – 14:34
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:23 – 15:06
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:40 – 20:16
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:40 – 23:05
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 23:05 – 06:41 next day
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) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:54
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 06:41 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:32 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:40 – 07:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:59 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:18 – 10:37 | Good |
| Rog | 10:37 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:56 – 13:15 | Bad |
| Char | 13:15 – 14:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:34 – 15:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:53 – 17:12 | Good |
| Char | 17:12 – 18:53 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:53 – 20:34 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:34 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:15 – 23:56 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:37 – 03:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:00 – 06:41 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:26 NowJupiter
- 09:18 NowMars
- 10:11 NowSun
- 11:03 NowVenus
- 11:56 NowMercury
- 12:49 NowMoon
- 13:41 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:27 NowMars
- 16:19 NowSun
- 17:12 NowVenus
- 18:19 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:41 NowJupiter
- 22:49 NowMars
- 23:56 NowSun
- Next day
- 01:04 NowVenus
- 02:11 NowMercury
- 03:19 NowMoon
- 04:26 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:40 NowSun
- 11:40 NowVenus
- 12:40 NowMercury
- 13:40 NowMoon
- 14:40 NowSaturn
- 15:40 NowJupiter
- 16:40 NowMars
- 17:40 NowSun
- 18:40 NowVenus
- 19:40 NowMercury
- 20:40 NowMoon
- 21:40 NowSaturn
- 22:40 NowJupiter
- 23:40 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:40 NowSun
- 01:40 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:40 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:40 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:16 Scorpio
- 06:16 – 08:21 Sagittarius
- 08:21 – 10:06 Capricorn
- 10:06 – 11:36 Aquarius
- 11:36 – 13:05 Pisces
- 13:05 – 14:43 Aries
- 14:43 – 16:40 Taurus
- 16:40 – 18:54 Gemini
- 18:54 – 21:12 Cancer
- 21:12 – 23:26 Leo
- 23:26 – 01:39 next day Virgo
- 01:39 – 03:55 next day Libra
- 03:55 – 06:12 next day Scorpio
- 06:12 – 06:41 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