Varanasi panchang, 29 December 2025
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 12:36 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 17:16- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 08:02 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 10:40 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:38 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam 13:19 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta 14:27 – 15:09
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:41 Moon enters Aries
- 10:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:12 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:16 to 06:44 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:57
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 06:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 10:12
- Nakshatra Revati until 07:41 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 07:36
- Karana Kaulava until 10:12, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:36 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 07:41 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 07:41 Moon enters Aries
- 10:12 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 10:12 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:06 Karana becomes Gara
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Siddha
- 06:04 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:02 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:03
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:19 – 14:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:27 – 15:09
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 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:57
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:41 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:43 – 08:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 08:02 – 09:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:21 – 10:40 | Good |
| Rog | 10:40 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:19 | Bad |
| Char | 13:19 – 14:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:38 – 15:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:57 – 17:16 | Good |
| Char | 17:16 – 18:57 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:57 – 20:38 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:38 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 05:03 – 06:44 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:21 NowMars
- 10:14 NowSun
- 11:07 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 12:52 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:38 NowJupiter
- 15:30 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:38 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:52 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 01:07 NowVenus
- 02:14 NowMercury
- 03:22 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:43 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:43 NowSun
- 11:43 NowVenus
- 12:43 NowMercury
- 13:43 NowMoon
- 14:43 NowSaturn
- 15:43 NowJupiter
- 16:43 NowMars
- 17:43 NowSun
- 18:43 NowVenus
- 19:43 NowMercury
- 20:43 NowMoon
- 21:43 NowSaturn
- 22:43 NowJupiter
- 23:43 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:43 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:43 NowSaturn
- 05:43 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:55 – 05:48 Scorpio
- 05:48 – 07:53 Sagittarius
- 07:53 – 09:38 Capricorn
- 09:38 – 11:09 Aquarius
- 11:09 – 12:37 Pisces
- 12:37 – 14:15 Aries
- 14:15 – 16:13 Taurus
- 16:13 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:44 Cancer
- 20:44 – 22:58 Leo
- 22:58 – 01:11 next day Virgo
- 01:11 – 03:28 next day Libra
- 03:28 – 05:45 next day Scorpio
- 05:45 – 06:44 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