Varanasi panchang, 25 December 2026
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:13 Moonrise 18:46 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:01 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta 08:48 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam 10:38 – 11:57
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:18
- Durmuhurta 12:18 – 13:01
- Yamaganda 14:35 – 15:54
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
Night
17:13 to 06:42 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:13 – 19:55
- Brahma Muhurta 04:54 – 05:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 23:26
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 22:50 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Brahma until 08:28
- Karana Taitila until 13:15, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 08:28 Yoga becomes Indra
- 13:15 Karana becomes Gara
- 17:33 Moon enters Cancer
- 22:50 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 23:26 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 23:26 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:16 next day Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:01 – 09:19
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:48 – 09:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:38 – 11:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:18 – 13:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:35 – 15:54
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 04:16 – 00:22 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 22:50 – 06:42 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. 04:54 – 05:48
- 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 – 19:55
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:42 – 22:50
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:42 – 08:01 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:01 – 09:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:19 – 10:38 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:38 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:57 – 13:16 | Good |
| Rog | 13:16 – 14:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:35 – 15:54 | Bad |
| Char | 15:54 – 17:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:13 – 18:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 18:54 – 20:35 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:35 – 22:17 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:17 – 23:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:58 – 01:39 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:39 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:20 – 05:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 05:01 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:27 NowMoon
- 09:19 NowSaturn
- 10:12 NowJupiter
- 11:05 NowMars
- 11:57 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:43 NowMercury
- 14:35 NowMoon
- 15:28 NowSaturn
- 16:21 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:21 NowSun
- 19:28 NowVenus
- 20:35 NowMercury
- 21:43 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:58 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 01:05 NowMars
- 02:12 NowSun
- 03:20 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:42 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:42 NowJupiter
- 11:42 NowMars
- 12:42 NowSun
- 13:42 NowVenus
- 14:42 NowMercury
- 15:42 NowMoon
- 16:42 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:42 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:42 NowVenus
- 21:42 NowMercury
- 22:42 NowMoon
- 23:42 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:42 NowJupiter
- 01:42 NowMars
- 02:42 NowSun
- 03:42 NowVenus
- 04:42 NowMercury
- 05:42 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:54 – 06:05 Scorpio
- 06:05 – 08:10 Sagittarius
- 08:10 – 09:55 Capricorn
- 09:55 – 11:26 Aquarius
- 11:26 – 12:54 Pisces
- 12:54 – 14:32 Aries
- 14:32 – 16:29 Taurus
- 16:29 – 18:43 Gemini
- 18:43 – 21:01 Cancer
- 21:01 – 23:15 Leo
- 23:15 – 01:28 next day Virgo
- 01:28 – 03:44 next day Libra
- 03:44 – 06:01 next day Scorpio
- 06:01 – 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