Varanasi panchang, 8 December 2026
Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 17:07 Moonrise 05:52 Kartika month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:32 to 17:07- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:39 – 09:21
- Yamaganda 09:10 – 10:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:10
- Gulika Kalam 11:49 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam 14:28 – 15:47
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Night
17:07 to 06:32 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:07 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:45 – 05:39 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 06:21 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 18:16 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Sukarman until 08:06
- Karana Chatushpada until 17:15, then Naga
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 08:06 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 17:15 Karana becomes Naga
- 18:16 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 06:21 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 06:21 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:39 – 09:21
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:10 – 10:30
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:49 – 13:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:28 – 15:47
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 – 05:38
- 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 17:07 – 19:48
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:32 – 07:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:51 – 09:10 | Bad |
| Char | 09:10 – 10:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:30 – 11:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:49 – 13:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:09 – 14:28 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:28 – 15:47 | Good |
| Rog | 15:47 – 17:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:47 – 20:28 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:28 – 22:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:09 – 23:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:50 – 01:30 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:30 – 03:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:11 – 04:52 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:52 – 06:32 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
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:25 NowSun
- 08:18 NowVenus
- 09:10 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:49 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:35 NowSun
- 14:28 NowVenus
- 15:21 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:07 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:21 NowMars
- 20:28 NowSun
- 21:35 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:50 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 02:04 NowJupiter
- 03:11 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:25 NowVenus
- 06:32 NowMars
- 07:32 NowSun
- 08:32 NowVenus
- 09:32 NowMercury
- 10:32 NowMoon
- 11:32 NowSaturn
- 12:32 NowJupiter
- 13:32 NowMars
- 14:32 NowSun
- 15:32 NowVenus
- 16:32 NowMercury
- 17:32 NowMoon
- 18:32 NowSaturn
- 19:32 NowJupiter
- 20:32 NowMars
- 21:32 NowSun
- 22:32 NowVenus
- 23:32 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:32 NowMoon
- 01:32 NowSaturn
- 02:32 NowJupiter
- 03:32 NowMars
- 04:32 NowSun
- 05:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:44 – 04:55 Libra
- 04:55 – 07:12 Scorpio
- 07:12 – 09:17 Sagittarius
- 09:17 – 11:02 Capricorn
- 11:02 – 12:32 Aquarius
- 12:32 – 14:01 Pisces
- 14:01 – 15:39 Aries
- 15:39 – 17:36 Taurus
- 17:36 – 19:50 Gemini
- 19:50 – 22:08 Cancer
- 22:08 – 00:22 next day Leo
- 00:22 – 02:35 next day Virgo
- 02:35 – 04:51 next day Libra
- 04:51 – 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