Varanasi panchang, 28 December 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:15 Moonrise 12:00 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:15- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:20
- Yamaganda 11:59 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam 14:37 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta 15:51 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:56 – 17:15
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:15 to 06:43 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:15 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:55 – 05:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 12:00
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 08:43 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 10:13
- Karana Bava until 12:00, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:43 Nakshatra becomes Revati
- 10:13 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 12:00 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 12:00 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:10 Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:13 – 20:55
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:59 – 13:18
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:37 – 15:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:51 – 16:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:56 – 17:15
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) 11:38 – 12:20
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:15 – 19:57
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:43 – 08:43
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 08:43 – 06:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:43 – 08:02 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:02 – 09:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:21 – 10:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:40 – 11:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:59 – 13:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:18 – 14:37 | Good |
| Rog | 14:37 – 15:56 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:56 – 17:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:15 – 18:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:56 – 20:37 | Good |
| Char | 20:37 – 22:18 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:18 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:59 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:40 – 03:21 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:21 – 05:02 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:28 NowMercury
- 09:21 NowMoon
- 10:14 NowSaturn
- 11:06 NowJupiter
- 11:59 NowMars
- 12:52 NowSun
- 13:44 NowVenus
- 14:37 NowMercury
- 15:30 NowMoon
- 16:23 NowSaturn
- 17:15 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:30 NowSun
- 20:37 NowVenus
- 21:45 NowMercury
- 22:52 NowMoon
- 23:59 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:07 NowJupiter
- 02:14 NowMars
- 03:21 NowSun
- 04:29 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:43 NowSun
- 07:43 NowVenus
- 08:43 NowMercury
- 09:43 NowMoon
- 10:43 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:43 NowMars
- 13:43 NowSun
- 14:43 NowVenus
- 15:43 NowMercury
- 16:43 NowMoon
- 17:43 NowSaturn
- 18:43 NowJupiter
- 19:43 NowMars
- 20:43 NowSun
- 21:43 NowVenus
- 22:43 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSaturn
- 01:43 NowJupiter
- 02:43 NowMars
- 03:43 NowSun
- 04:43 NowVenus
- 05:43 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:52 Scorpio
- 05:52 – 07:57 Sagittarius
- 07:57 – 09:42 Capricorn
- 09:42 – 11:13 Aquarius
- 11:13 – 12:41 Pisces
- 12:41 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:17 Taurus
- 16:17 – 18:30 Gemini
- 18:30 – 20:48 Cancer
- 20:48 – 23:02 Leo
- 23:02 – 01:15 next day Virgo
- 01:15 – 03:32 next day Libra
- 03:32 – 05:48 next day Scorpio
- 05:48 – 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