Varanasi panchang, 22 December 2026
Sunrise 06:40 Sunset 17:12 Moonrise 15:19 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:40 to 17:12- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:46 – 09:29
- Yamaganda 09:18 – 10:37
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:17
- Gulika Kalam 11:56 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam 14:34 – 15:53
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:12 to 06:41 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:12 – 19:53
- Brahma Muhurta 04:53 – 05:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 14:24
- Nakshatra Krittika until 10:45 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 21:32
- Karana Taitila until 14:24, then Gara
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 10:45 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:32 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 00:38 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:46 – 09:29
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:18 – 10:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:15
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:34 – 15:53
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. 04:52 – 05:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:17
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:12 – 19:53
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:40 – 10:45
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:40 – 14:24
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:45 – 06:41 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:40 – 07:59 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:59 – 09:18 | Bad |
| Char | 09:18 – 10:37 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:37 – 11:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:56 – 13:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:15 – 14:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:34 – 15:53 | Good |
| Rog | 15:53 – 17:12 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:12 – 18:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:53 – 20:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:34 – 22:15 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:15 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:37 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:37 – 03:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:18 – 05:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:00 – 06:41 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
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:33 NowSun
- 08:25 NowVenus
- 09:18 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:49 NowMars
- 13:41 NowSun
- 14:34 NowVenus
- 15:26 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:19 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:34 NowSun
- 21:41 NowVenus
- 22:49 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 01:04 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:18 NowMars
- 04:26 NowSun
- 05:33 NowVenus
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:40 NowSun
- 08:40 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:40 NowMoon
- 11:40 NowSaturn
- 12:40 NowJupiter
- 13:40 NowMars
- 14:40 NowSun
- 15:40 NowVenus
- 16:40 NowMercury
- 17:40 NowMoon
- 18:40 NowSaturn
- 19:40 NowJupiter
- 20:40 NowMars
- 21:40 NowSun
- 22:40 NowVenus
- 23:40 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:40 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:40 NowJupiter
- 03:40 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:40 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:52 – 06:17 Scorpio
- 06:17 – 08:22 Sagittarius
- 08:22 – 10:07 Capricorn
- 10:07 – 11:37 Aquarius
- 11:37 – 13:06 Pisces
- 13:06 – 14:44 Aries
- 14:44 – 16:41 Taurus
- 16:41 – 18:55 Gemini
- 18:55 – 21:13 Cancer
- 21:13 – 23:27 Leo
- 23:27 – 01:40 next day Virgo
- 01:40 – 03:56 next day Libra
- 03:56 – 06:13 next day Scorpio
- 06:13 – 06:41 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