Varanasi panchang, 24 December 2025
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 09:48 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 17:13- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:00 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam 10:38 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:57 – 13:16
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturthi until 13:11
- Nakshatra Shravana until 07:07 · lord Moon
- Yoga Harshana until 16:02
- Karana Vishti until 13:11, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:07 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:11 Tithi becomes Shukla Panchami
- 13:11 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:02 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 19:46 Moon enters Aquarius
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:00 – 09:19
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:16
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 16:02 – 17:14
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 07:07 – 06:42 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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:41 – 07:07
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:41 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:00 – 09:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:19 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:38 – 11:57 | Good |
| Rog | 11:57 – 13:16 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:16 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Char | 14:35 – 15:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:54 – 17:13 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:13 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:54 – 20:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:35 – 22:16 | Good |
| Char | 22:16 – 23:57 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:19 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:01 – 06:42 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 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:26 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:12 NowMars
- 11:04 NowSun
- 11:57 NowVenus
- 12:50 NowMercury
- 13:42 NowMoon
- 14:35 NowSaturn
- 15:28 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:13 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:35 NowMoon
- 21:42 NowSaturn
- 22:50 NowJupiter
- 23:57 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:12 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:27 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowSaturn
- 06:41 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:41 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:41 NowSun
- 12:41 NowVenus
- 13:41 NowMercury
- 14:41 NowMoon
- 15:41 NowSaturn
- 16:41 NowJupiter
- 17:41 NowMars
- 18:41 NowSun
- 19:41 NowVenus
- 20:41 NowMercury
- 21:41 NowMoon
- 22:41 NowSaturn
- 23:41 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMars
- 01:41 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:41 NowMercury
- 04:41 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:08 Scorpio
- 06:08 – 08:13 Sagittarius
- 08:13 – 09:58 Capricorn
- 09:58 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 12:57 Pisces
- 12:57 – 14:35 Aries
- 14:35 – 16:32 Taurus
- 16:32 – 18:46 Gemini
- 18:46 – 21:04 Cancer
- 21:04 – 23:18 Leo
- 23:18 – 01:31 next day Virgo
- 01:31 – 03:47 next day Libra
- 03:47 – 06:04 next day Scorpio
- 06:04 – 06:42 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