Varanasi panchang, 7 December 2026
Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 17:06 Moonrise 04:55 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:31 to 17:06- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:51 – 09:10
- Yamaganda 10:29 – 11:49
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 12:10 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam 13:08 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta 14:17 – 14:59
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:14 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:06 to 06:32 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:06 – 19:47
- Brahma Muhurta 04:44 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 04:13 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 15:48 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Atiganda until 07:46
- Karana Vishti until 15:15, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 07:46 Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 09:14 Moon enters Scorpio
- 15:15 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 15:48 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 04:13 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:51 – 09:10
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:29 – 11:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:10 – 12:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:08 – 14:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:17 – 14:59
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. 04:44 – 05:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:10
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:06 – 19:47
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:48 – 06:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:31 – 07:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:51 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:10 – 10:29 | Good |
| Rog | 10:29 – 11:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:49 – 13:08 | Bad |
| Char | 13:08 – 14:28 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:28 – 15:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:47 – 17:06 | Good |
| Char | 17:06 – 18:47 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 18:47 – 20:28 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:28 – 22:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:08 – 23:49 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:49 – 01:30 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:30 – 03:10 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:10 – 04:51 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:51 – 06:32 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
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:24 NowSaturn
- 08:17 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:03 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 11:49 NowMercury
- 12:42 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:28 NowJupiter
- 15:20 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:06 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:28 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:42 NowMars
- 23:49 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 02:03 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:59 Libra
- 04:59 – 07:16 Scorpio
- 07:16 – 09:21 Sagittarius
- 09:21 – 11:06 Capricorn
- 11:06 – 12:36 Aquarius
- 12:36 – 14:05 Pisces
- 14:05 – 15:43 Aries
- 15:43 – 17:40 Taurus
- 17:40 – 19:54 Gemini
- 19:54 – 22:12 Cancer
- 22:12 – 00:26 next day Leo
- 00:26 – 02:39 next day Virgo
- 02:39 – 04:55 next day Libra
- 04:55 – 06:32 next day Scorpio
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