Varanasi panchang, 25 December 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 10:22 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:42 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam 09:20 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:19
- Rahu Kalam 13:17 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:25 – 15:07
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:43
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 08:18 · lord Mars
- Yoga Vajra until 15:13
- Karana Balava until 13:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 13:43 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:13 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:01
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:20 – 10:39
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:17 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:25 – 15:07
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. 04:54 – 05:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:55
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 13:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:18 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:42 – 08:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:01 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:20 – 10:39 | Bad |
| Char | 10:39 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:17 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:55 – 20:36 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:36 – 22:17 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:17 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:27 NowSun
- 09:20 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:05 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:28 NowVenus
- 16:21 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:36 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:58 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:13 NowSaturn
- 03:20 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSun
- 06:42 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:42 NowVenus
- 10:42 NowMercury
- 11:42 NowMoon
- 12:42 NowSaturn
- 13:42 NowJupiter
- 14:42 NowMars
- 15:42 NowSun
- 16:42 NowVenus
- 17:42 NowMercury
- 18:42 NowMoon
- 19:42 NowSaturn
- 20:42 NowJupiter
- 21:42 NowMars
- 22:42 NowSun
- 23:42 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:42 NowMercury
- 01:42 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:42 NowJupiter
- 04:42 NowMars
- 05:42 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:04 Scorpio
- 06:04 – 08:09 Sagittarius
- 08:09 – 09:54 Capricorn
- 09:54 – 11:25 Aquarius
- 11:25 – 12:53 Pisces
- 12:53 – 14:31 Aries
- 14:31 – 16:28 Taurus
- 16:28 – 18:42 Gemini
- 18:42 – 21:00 Cancer
- 21:00 – 23:14 Leo
- 23:14 – 01:27 next day Virgo
- 01:27 – 03:43 next day Libra
- 03:43 – 06:00 next day Scorpio
- 06:00 – 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