Panchang for 22 December 2026, Varanasi

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Mangalavara (Mars)

Sunrise

06:39

Sunset

17:13

Next sunrise

06:40 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 15:18 · Moonset 05:45 (next day)

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Trayodashi

Nakshatra at sunrise

Krittika, pada 4 (lord Sun)

Yoga at sunrise

Sadhya

Karana at sunrise

Taitila

Moon sign at sunrise

Vrishabha (Taurus)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

14:34–15:54 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 10:37–11:56 Labh good Good
2. 11:56–13:15 Amrit good Best
3. 14:34–15:54 Shubh good Better

All 16 choghadiyas

Tuesday order; night times after midnight fall on the next date.

Day: sunrise 06:39 to sunset 17:13

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
06:39–07:58	Rog inauspicious	Bad
07:58–09:17	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
09:17–10:37	Chal neutral	Neutral
10:37–11:56	Labh good	Good
11:56–13:15	Amrit good	Best
13:15–14:34	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
14:34–15:54	Shubh good	Better
15:54–17:13	Rog inauspicious	Bad

Night: sunset 17:13 to next sunrise 06:40

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
17:13–18:54	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
18:54–20:34	Labh good	Good
20:34–22:15	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
22:15–23:56	Shubh good	Better
23:56–01:37	Amrit good	Best
01:37–03:18	Chal neutral	Neutral
03:18–04:59	Rog inauspicious	Bad
04:59–06:40	Kaal inauspicious	Worst

Timing quality, best to worst

• Best Amrit choghadiya · Jupiter hora
• Better Shubh choghadiya · Venus hora
• Good Labh choghadiya · Moon and Mercury horas
• Neutral Chal choghadiya · Sun hora
• Bad Udveg and Rog choghadiyas · Mars and Saturn horas
• Worst Kaal choghadiya · Rahu Kaal

Grades follow the panchanga tradition; they are not a forecast.

Yamaganda · Gulika

09:17–10:37 · 11:56–13:15

Abhijit muhurta

11:35–12:17

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 06:39 (yesterday 06:39), sunset 17:13 (yesterday 17:12), daylight 10 h 34 min (yesterday 10 h 34 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 15:18, yesterday 14:23; moonset 05:45 (next day), yesterday 04:34 (next day).
• At 06:39 the tithi is Shukla Trayodashi; at yesterday’s sunrise (06:39) it was Shukla Dvadashi.
• At 06:39 the Moon is in Krittika (Bharani at 06:39 yesterday), having moved from Mesha (Aries) into Vrishabha (Taurus); the yoga is Sadhya (yesterday Siddha).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 07:58–09:17 on Monday (daylight part 2 of 8) to 14:34–15:54 on Tuesday (part 7).

Varanasi lies at 25.32° N, 83.01° E; local solar noon is at 11:56. Against Bengaluru on the same date, sunrise here is 2 min later, sunset 46 min earlier and daylight 48 min shorter; the limbs end at the same clock times in both.

Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit and Brahma muhurta

Each daylight part is 1 h 19 min today; the weekday picks which part is Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda or Gulika, which panchangas avoid for new work, while Abhijit (42 min) and Brahma muhurta count as favourable by tradition. Some panchangas reckon Brahma muhurta with fixed 48-minute muhurtas.

Month, paksha and year

Paksha

Shukla paksha (waxing Moon)

Amanta month

Margashirsha

Purnimanta month

Margashirsha

Ritu (by amanta month)

Hemanta

Ayana (sidereal Sun)

Dakshinayana

Shaka Samvat

1948

Vikram Samvat (Chaitradi)

2083

Samvatsara

Parabhava

Amanta months run new Moon to new Moon (South and West India), purnimanta months full Moon to full Moon (North India).

When each limb changes

Times are local in Varanasi (Asia/Kolkata). The first of each is in effect at sunrise; each next one begins where the previous ends. “Next day” means after midnight, before the next sunrise.

About this day

• The day is Tuesday, Mangalavara (Mars) in the tradition, from sunrise at 06:39 to the next sunrise at 06:40 (next day); the night lasts 13 h 27 min.
• Shukla Trayodashi gives way to Shukla Chaturdashi at 14:24, 7 h 45 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 19 min day choghadiyas begin with Rog and the 1 h 41 min night choghadiyas with Kaal, as on every Tuesday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 5 times in all between this sunrise and the next.

Around this day

• Varanasi Panchang calendar for December 2026
• Today’s Panchang in Varanasi · Choghadiya · Rahu Kaal
• The same date in Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune
• This day in हिन्दी · বাংলা · தமிழ் · తెలుగు · ಕನ್ನಡ · മലയാളം · मराठी · ગુજરાતી · ਪੰਜਾਬੀ · ଓଡ଼ିଆ · অসমীয়া · اردو · संस्कृतम्
• What a tithi is · nakshatra · yoga and karana · how Rahu Kaal is calculated

Method and limits

Calculated with the live Panchang’s model and checked against Drik Panchang on 28 city-and-date combinations (times within 2.3 minutes, moonrise and moonset within 6.4). Observance of fasts and festivals follows regional rules. Amrit Kaal, Varjyam and Durmuhurta are not calculated yet.