Panchang for 23 December 2026, Varanasi

The day at a glance

Vara (weekday)

Budhavara (Mercury)

Sunrise

06:40

Sunset

17:13

Next sunrise

06:40 (next day)

Moonrise and moonset

Moonrise 16:21

Tithi at sunrise

Shukla Chaturdashi

Nakshatra at sunrise

Rohini, pada 4 (lord Moon)

Yoga at sunrise

Shubha

Karana at sunrise

Vanija

Moon sign at sunrise

Vrishabha (Taurus)

Sun sign at sunrise

Dhanu (Sagittarius)

Rahu Kaal

11:56–13:16 Worst

Choghadiya

Good by daylight

1. 06:40–07:59 Labh good Good
2. 07:59–09:18 Amrit good Best
3. 10:37–11:56 Shubh good Better
4. 15:54–17:13 Labh good Good

All 16 choghadiyas

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

Day: sunrise 06:40 to sunset 17:13

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
06:40–07:59	Labh good	Good
07:59–09:18	Amrit good	Best
09:18–10:37	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
10:37–11:56	Shubh good	Better
11:56–13:16	Rog inauspicious	Bad
13:16–14:35	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
14:35–15:54	Chal neutral	Neutral
15:54–17:13	Labh good	Good

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

Time	Choghadiya	Quality
17:13–18:54	Udveg inauspicious	Bad
18:54–20:35	Shubh good	Better
20:35–22:16	Amrit good	Best
22:16–23:57	Chal neutral	Neutral
23:57–01:37	Rog inauspicious	Bad
01:37–03:18	Kaal inauspicious	Worst
03:18–04:59	Labh good	Good
04:59–06:40	Udveg inauspicious	Bad

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

07:59–09:18 · 10:37–11:56

Abhijit muhurta

11:35–12:18 (Wednesday: many panchangas do not count it)

Published day page · calculated · Panchanga tradition

How this day differs

• Sunrise 06:40 (yesterday 06:39), sunset 17:13 (yesterday 17:13), daylight 10 h 34 min (yesterday 10 h 34 min).
• Between this sunrise and the next: moonrise 16:21, yesterday 15:18; no moonset.
• At 06:40 the tithi is Shukla Chaturdashi; at yesterday’s sunrise (06:39) it was Shukla Trayodashi.
• At 06:40 the Moon is in Rohini (Krittika at 06:39 yesterday), in Vrishabha (Taurus); the yoga is Shubha (yesterday Sadhya).
• Rahu Kaal moves from 14:34–15:54 on Tuesday (daylight part 7 of 8) to 11:56–13:16 on Wednesday (part 5).

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 3 min later, sunset 46 min earlier and daylight 49 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 Wednesday, Budhavara (Mercury) in the tradition, from sunrise at 06:40 to the next sunrise at 06:40 (next day); the night lasts 13 h 27 min.
• Shukla Chaturdashi gives way to Shukla Purnima at 10:48, 4 h 08 min after this sunrise.
• The 1 h 19 min day choghadiyas begin with Labh and the 1 h 41 min night choghadiyas with Udveg, as on every Wednesday.
• Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana change 6 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.