Varanasi panchang, 31 December 2025
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:17 Moonrise 14:04 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 17:17- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:03 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:39 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:39 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:20
- 09:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
Night
17:17 to 06:44 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:17 – 19:59
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 01:48 next day
- Nakshatra Krittika until 01:30 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:13
- Karana Bava until 15:27, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 09:23 Moon enters Taurus
- 15:27 Karana becomes Balava
- 21:13 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 01:30 next day Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:48 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 01:48 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:03 – 09:22
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:41 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:39 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:20
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 06:54 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 06:44 – 07:51
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 Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:39 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:17 – 19:59
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 01:30 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 01:30 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:44 – 01:48 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:30 – 06:44 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:03 – 09:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:22 – 10:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:41 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:20 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:20 – 14:39 | Bad |
| Char | 14:39 – 15:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:58 – 17:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:17 – 18:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:58 – 20:39 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:39 – 22:20 | Good |
| Char | 22:20 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:42 – 03:22 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:22 – 05:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 07:37 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:22 NowJupiter
- 10:15 NowMars
- 11:08 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 12:53 NowMercury
- 13:46 NowMoon
- 14:39 NowSaturn
- 15:32 NowJupiter
- 16:24 NowMars
- 17:17 NowSun
- 18:24 NowVenus
- 19:32 NowMercury
- 20:39 NowMoon
- 21:46 NowSaturn
- 22:53 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 01:08 NowSun
- 02:15 NowVenus
- 03:22 NowMercury
- 04:30 NowMoon
- 05:37 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:56 – 05:41 Scorpio
- 05:41 – 07:45 Sagittarius
- 07:45 – 09:30 Capricorn
- 09:30 – 11:01 Aquarius
- 11:01 – 12:29 Pisces
- 12:29 – 14:08 Aries
- 14:08 – 16:05 Taurus
- 16:05 – 18:19 Gemini
- 18:19 – 20:36 Cancer
- 20:36 – 22:50 Leo
- 22:50 – 01:03 next day Virgo
- 01:03 – 03:20 next day Libra
- 03:20 – 05:37 next day Scorpio
- 05:37 – 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