Varanasi panchang, 12 December 2026
Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:08 Moonrise 09:08 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:34 to 17:08- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:34 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta 06:34 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta 07:17 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam 09:13 – 10:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:12
- Yamaganda 13:10 – 14:29
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:08 to 06:35 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:08 – 19:49
- Brahma Muhurta 04:47 – 05:41 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 14:06
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 06:12 next day · lord Sun
- Yoga Vriddhi until 11:17
- Karana Gara until 14:06, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 09:51 Moon enters Capricorn
- 11:17 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 14:06 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 14:06 Karana becomes Vanija
- 03:28 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:12 next day Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:34 – 07:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:34 – 07:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:17 – 07:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:13 – 10:32
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:10 – 14:29
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 14:01 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 12:52 – 15:10
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. 04:47 – 05:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:12
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:08 – 19:49
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:34 – 06:12 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 14:06 – 06:35 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:12 – 06:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:34 – 07:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:54 – 09:13 | Good |
| Rog | 09:13 – 10:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:32 – 11:51 | Bad |
| Char | 11:51 – 13:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:10 – 14:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:29 – 15:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:48 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:08 – 18:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:49 – 20:29 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:29 – 22:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:10 – 23:51 | Good |
| Char | 23:51 – 01:32 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:32 – 03:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:13 – 04:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:54 – 06:35 next day | Good |
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
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:20 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:05 NowVenus
- 10:58 NowMercury
- 11:51 NowMoon
- 12:44 NowSaturn
- 13:37 NowJupiter
- 14:29 NowMars
- 15:22 NowSun
- 16:15 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:15 NowMoon
- 19:22 NowSaturn
- 20:29 NowJupiter
- 21:37 NowMars
- 22:44 NowSun
- 23:51 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:59 NowMercury
- 02:06 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:20 NowJupiter
- 05:28 NowMars
- 06:34 NowSaturn
- 07:34 NowJupiter
- 08:34 NowMars
- 09:34 NowSun
- 10:34 NowVenus
- 11:34 NowMercury
- 12:34 NowMoon
- 13:34 NowSaturn
- 14:34 NowJupiter
- 15:34 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:34 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:34 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:34 NowJupiter
- 22:34 NowMars
- 23:34 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:34 NowVenus
- 01:34 NowMercury
- 02:34 NowMoon
- 03:34 NowSaturn
- 04:34 NowJupiter
- 05:34 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:47 – 06:56 Scorpio
- 06:56 – 09:01 Sagittarius
- 09:01 – 10:46 Capricorn
- 10:46 – 12:17 Aquarius
- 12:17 – 13:45 Pisces
- 13:45 – 15:23 Aries
- 15:23 – 17:21 Taurus
- 17:21 – 19:34 Gemini
- 19:34 – 21:52 Cancer
- 21:52 – 00:06 next day Leo
- 00:06 – 02:19 next day Virgo
- 02:19 – 04:35 next day Libra
- 04:35 – 06:35 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