Varanasi panchang, 24 December 2026
Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 17:33 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:41 to 17:13- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:41 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam 09:19 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta 10:12 – 10:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Rahu Kalam 13:16 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta 14:24 – 15:06
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:54
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 06:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 01:47 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shukla until 12:51
- Karana Bava until 06:58, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 06:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 06:58 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:51 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 17:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:47 next day Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 03:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:07 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:41 – 08:00
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:19 – 10:38
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:12 – 10:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:16 – 14:35
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:24 – 15:06
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:41 – 01:47 next day
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. 04:53 – 05:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:13 – 19:54
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:41 – 06:58
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 01:47 – 06:42 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 01:47 – 06:42 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:41 – 08:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:00 – 09:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:19 – 10:38 | Bad |
| Char | 10:38 – 11:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:57 – 13:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:16 – 14:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:35 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:54 – 17:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:13 – 18:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 18:54 – 20:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:35 – 22:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:16 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:38 – 03:19 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:19 – 05:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:00 – 06:42 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
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:34 NowMars
- 08:26 NowSun
- 09:19 NowVenus
- 10:12 NowMercury
- 11:04 NowMoon
- 11:57 NowSaturn
- 12:50 NowJupiter
- 13:42 NowMars
- 14:35 NowSun
- 15:27 NowVenus
- 16:20 NowMercury
- 17:13 NowMoon
- 18:20 NowSaturn
- 19:28 NowJupiter
- 20:35 NowMars
- 21:42 NowSun
- 22:50 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMoon
- 02:12 NowSaturn
- 03:19 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:41 NowJupiter
- 07:41 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:41 NowMercury
- 11:41 NowMoon
- 12:41 NowSaturn
- 13:41 NowJupiter
- 14:41 NowMars
- 15:41 NowSun
- 16:41 NowVenus
- 17:41 NowMercury
- 18:41 NowMoon
- 19:41 NowSaturn
- 20:41 NowJupiter
- 21:41 NowMars
- 22:41 NowSun
- 23:41 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:41 NowMercury
- 01:41 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:41 NowMars
- 05:41 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 06:09 Scorpio
- 06:09 – 08:14 Sagittarius
- 08:14 – 09:59 Capricorn
- 09:59 – 11:29 Aquarius
- 11:29 – 12:58 Pisces
- 12:58 – 14:36 Aries
- 14:36 – 16:33 Taurus
- 16:33 – 18:47 Gemini
- 18:47 – 21:05 Cancer
- 21:05 – 23:19 Leo
- 23:19 – 01:32 next day Virgo
- 01:32 – 03:48 next day Libra
- 03:48 – 06:05 next day Scorpio
- 06:05 – 06:42 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