Varanasi panchang, 26 December 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:14 Moonrise 10:55 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 17:14- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam 10:39 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:19
- Durmuhurta 12:19 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:36 – 15:55
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:14 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:14 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 13:44
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 09:00 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:01
- Karana Taitila until 13:44, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:00 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 13:44 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 13:44 Karana becomes Gara
- 14:01 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 01:31 next day Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:10 next day Moon enters Pisces
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:39 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:19 – 13:01
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:01 – 12:21 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:36 – 15:55
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) 11:37 – 12:19
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:14 – 19:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:42 – 09:00
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:42 – 13:44
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:20 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:20 – 10:39 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:39 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:17 | Good |
| Rog | 13:17 – 14:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:36 – 15:55 | Bad |
| Char | 15:55 – 17:14 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:14 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:55 – 20:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:36 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:35 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:20 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 12:51 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:14 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:51 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:00 Scorpio
- 06:00 – 08:05 Sagittarius
- 08:05 – 09:50 Capricorn
- 09:50 – 11:21 Aquarius
- 11:21 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:27 Aries
- 14:27 – 16:24 Taurus
- 16:24 – 18:38 Gemini
- 18:38 – 20:56 Cancer
- 20:56 – 23:10 Leo
- 23:10 – 01:23 next day Virgo
- 01:23 – 03:39 next day Libra
- 03:39 – 05:56 next day Scorpio
- 05:56 – 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