Varanasi panchang, 30 December 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:16 Moonrise 13:17 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:16- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:50 – 09:32
- Yamaganda 09:22 – 10:41
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:21
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam 14:38 – 15:57
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:16 to 06:44 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:16 – 19:58
- Brahma Muhurta 04:56 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 07:51
- Nakshatra Bharani until 03:58 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddha until 01:02 next day
- Karana Gara until 07:51, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 07:51 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 07:51 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:02 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 03:58 next day Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 05:01 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 05:01 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:50 – 09:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:22 – 10:41
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:19
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:38 – 15:57
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:54 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 05:57 – 06:44 next day
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. 04:56 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:16 – 19:58
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:44 – 03:58 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 03:58 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:44 – 08:03 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:03 – 09:22 | Bad |
| Char | 09:22 – 10:41 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:41 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:19 – 14:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:38 – 15:57 | Good |
| Rog | 15:57 – 17:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:16 – 18:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:57 – 20:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:38 – 22:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:19 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:41 – 03:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:03 – 06:44 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
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:36 NowSun
- 08:29 NowVenus
- 09:22 NowMercury
- 10:15 NowMoon
- 11:07 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 12:53 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:38 NowVenus
- 15:31 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:16 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:38 NowSun
- 21:46 NowVenus
- 22:53 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 01:07 NowSaturn
- 02:15 NowJupiter
- 03:22 NowMars
- 04:29 NowSun
- 05:37 NowVenus
- 06:44 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:44 NowVenus
- 09:44 NowMercury
- 10:44 NowMoon
- 11:44 NowSaturn
- 12:44 NowJupiter
- 13:44 NowMars
- 14:44 NowSun
- 15:44 NowVenus
- 16:44 NowMercury
- 17:44 NowMoon
- 18:44 NowSaturn
- 19:44 NowJupiter
- 20:44 NowMars
- 21:44 NowSun
- 22:44 NowVenus
- 23:44 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMoon
- 01:44 NowSaturn
- 02:44 NowJupiter
- 03:44 NowMars
- 04:44 NowSun
- 05:44 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:45 Scorpio
- 05:45 – 07:49 Sagittarius
- 07:49 – 09:34 Capricorn
- 09:34 – 11:05 Aquarius
- 11:05 – 12:33 Pisces
- 12:33 – 14:12 Aries
- 14:12 – 16:09 Taurus
- 16:09 – 18:23 Gemini
- 18:23 – 20:40 Cancer
- 20:40 – 22:54 Leo
- 22:54 – 01:07 next day Virgo
- 01:07 – 03:24 next day Libra
- 03:24 – 05:41 next day Scorpio
- 05:41 – 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