Varanasi panchang, 27 December 2025
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 11:27 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 17:15- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta 06:42 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta 07:25 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam 09:21 – 10:40
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 13:18 – 14:37
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
17:15 to 06:43 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:56
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 13:10
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 09:09 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 12:21
- Karana Vanija until 13:10, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:09 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 12:21 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 13:10 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 13:10 Karana becomes Vishti
- 00:39 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:42 – 08:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:42 – 07:25
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:25 – 08:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:21 – 10:40
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 13:10 – 00:39 next day
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:18 – 14:37
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. 04:55 – 05:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:56
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:42 – 08:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:01 – 09:21 | Good |
| Rog | 09:21 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:40 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Char | 11:59 – 13:18 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:18 – 14:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:37 – 15:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:56 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:15 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:56 – 20:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:37 – 22:18 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:18 – 23:59 | Good |
| Char | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:02 – 06:43 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 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:28 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:06 NowMercury
- 11:59 NowMoon
- 12:51 NowSaturn
- 13:44 NowJupiter
- 14:37 NowMars
- 15:29 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:15 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:37 NowJupiter
- 21:44 NowMars
- 22:51 NowSun
- 23:59 NowVenus
- Next day
- 01:06 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:28 NowJupiter
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:42 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:42 NowMars
- 09:42 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:42 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:42 NowSaturn
- 14:42 NowJupiter
- 15:42 NowMars
- 16:42 NowSun
- 17:42 NowVenus
- 18:42 NowMercury
- 19:42 NowMoon
- 20:42 NowSaturn
- 21:42 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:42 NowMercury
- 02:42 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:42 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:56 Scorpio
- 05:56 – 08:01 Sagittarius
- 08:01 – 09:46 Capricorn
- 09:46 – 11:17 Aquarius
- 11:17 – 12:45 Pisces
- 12:45 – 14:23 Aries
- 14:23 – 16:21 Taurus
- 16:21 – 18:34 Gemini
- 18:34 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 23:06 Leo
- 23:06 – 01:19 next day Virgo
- 01:19 – 03:35 next day Libra
- 03:35 – 05:52 next day Scorpio
- 05:52 – 06:43 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