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Varanasi, India — Sunrise, Sunset, and Moon Times for Today

Moon: 88.8%
Waning Gibbous
Current Time: Sep 10, 2025 at 8:57:27 pm
Sunrise Today: 5:42 am 84° East
Sunset Today: 6:07 pm 276° West
Moonrise Today: 7:47 pm 75° East
Moonset Today: 8:06 am 281° West
Daylight Hours: 12 hours, 25 minutes (-1m 27s)

Today's Sun Position in Varanasi

Time: 8:57 pm
Altitude: -37.5°
Direction: 299° NW
Phase: Night

Day length today: 12h 25m 28s (Sep 10, 2025)

1 minute, 27 seconds shorter than yesterday (Sep 9, 2025)

1 hour, 51 minutes longer than winter solstice (Dec 21, 2024)

1 hour, 17 minutes shorter than summer solstice (Jun 21, 2025)

Night, Twilight, and Daylight Times in Varanasi Today

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Night 12:00 am – 4:24 am
Astro. Twilight 4:24 am – 4:51 am
Nautical Twilight 4:51 am – 5:18 am
Civil Twilight 5:18 am – 5:42 am
Daylight 5:42 am – 6:07 pm
Civil Twilight 6:07 pm – 6:30 pm
Nautical Twilight 6:30 pm – 6:57 pm
Astro. Twilight 6:57 pm – 7:24 pm
Night 7:24 pm – 11:59 pm

Sun in Varanasi - Next 7 Days

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2025 Sunrise/Sunset Daylength Solar Noon
Sep Sunrise Sunset Length Diff. Time Mil. km
Sep 10 5:42 am 6:07 pm 12:25:28 −1:27 11:54 am (69.5°) 150.636
Sep 11 5:42 am 6:06 pm 12:24:01 −1:27 11:54 am (69.1°) 150.598
Sep 12 5:42 am 6:05 pm 12:22:34 −1:27 11:54 am (68.7°) 150.559
Sep 13 5:43 am 6:04 pm 12:21:06 −1:27 11:53 am (68.3°) 150.521
Sep 14 5:43 am 6:03 pm 12:19:38 −1:27 11:53 am (68.0°) 150.482
Sep 15 5:43 am 6:02 pm 12:18:11 −1:27 11:53 am (67.6°) 150.443
Sep 16 5:44 am 6:00 pm 12:16:43 −1:27 11:52 am (67.2°) 150.404
* All times are local time for Varanasi. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar.

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Today's Moon in Varanasi

Year 2025 Moon Phases

Moon in Varanasi - Next 7 days

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2025 Moonrise/Moonset Meridian Passing
Sep Moonrise Moonset Moonrise Time Distance (km) Illumination
Sep 10 - 8:06 am 7:47 pm 1:34 am (72.7°) 365,059 94.1%
Sep 11 - 9:12 am 8:27 pm 2:25 am (79.5°) 364,859 87.1%
Sep 12 - 10:20 am 9:13 pm 3:20 am (85.4°) 365,911 77.8%
Sep 13 - 11:29 am 10:06 pm 4:18 am (89.9°) 367,980 66.9%
Sep 14 - 12:36 pm 11:04 pm 5:19 am (87.4°) 370,786 55.2%
Sep 15 - 1:38 pm - 6:21 am (86.7°) 374,061 43.4%
Sep 16 12:07 am 2:33 pm - 7:22 am (87.9°) 377,577 32.2%
* All times are local time for Varanasi. They take into account refraction. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Illumination is calculated at lunar noon.

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Planets Visible in the Sky in Varanasi This Coming Night

  Planetrise/Planetset, Wed, Sep 10, 2025
Planet Rise Set Meridian Comment
Mercury Thu 5:33 am Thu 6:05 pm Thu 11:49 am Extremely difficult to see
Venus Thu 3:33 am Thu 4:38 pm Thu 10:06 am Fairly good visibility
Mars Thu 8:13 am Thu 7:45 pm Thu 1:59 pm Average visibility
Jupiter Thu 1:15 am Thu 2:47 pm Thu 8:01 am Fairly good visibility
Saturn Thu 6:38 pm Fri 6:31 am Fri 12:34 am Perfect visibility
Uranus Wed 9:52 pm Thu 11:16 am Thu 4:34 am Average visibility
Neptune Thu 6:39 pm Fri 6:39 am Fri 12:39 am Slightly difficult to see
* All times are local time for Varanasi.

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