Varanasi panchang, 23 December 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 09:11 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:47 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:19 – 10:38
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:18
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:53
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Harshana
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 12:13
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Vyaghata until 16:30
- Karana Gara until 12:13, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 12:13 Karana becomes Vanija
- 16:30 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 00:45 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:47 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:38
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:53
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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:54
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 06:41 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 12:13
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:41 – 08:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:00 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Char | 09:19 – 10:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:38 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:53 | Good |
| Rog | 15:53 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:35 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:16 – 23:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:41 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
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:26 NowVenus
- 09:19 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:04 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:20 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:35 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:57 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:19 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:41 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:41 NowVenus
- 09:41 NowMercury
- 10:41 NowMoon
- 11:41 NowSaturn
- 12:41 NowJupiter
- 13:41 NowMars
- 14:41 NowSun
- 15:41 NowVenus
- 16:41 NowMercury
- 17:41 NowMoon
- 18:41 NowSaturn
- 19:41 NowJupiter
- 20:41 NowMars
- 21:41 NowSun
- 22:41 NowVenus
- 23:41 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMoon
- 01:41 NowSaturn
- 02:41 NowJupiter
- 03:41 NowMars
- 04:41 NowSun
- 05:41 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:12 Scorpio
- 06:12 – 08:17 Sagittarius
- 08:17 – 10:02 Capricorn
- 10:02 – 11:32 Aquarius
- 11:32 – 13:01 Pisces
- 13:01 – 14:39 Aries
- 14:39 – 16:36 Taurus
- 16:36 – 18:50 Gemini
- 18:50 – 21:08 Cancer
- 21:08 – 23:22 Leo
- 23:22 – 01:35 next day Virgo
- 01:35 – 03:51 next day Libra
- 03:51 – 06:08 next day Scorpio
- 06:08 – 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