Varanasi panchang, 27 October 2026
Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 18:03 Ashwin month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:03 to 17:19- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:03
- Yamaganda 08:52 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:04
- Gulika Kalam 11:41 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam 14:30 – 15:55
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
17:19 to 06:04 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 17:19 – 19:52
- Brahma Muhurta 04:22 – 05:13 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 07:02
- Nakshatra Bharani until 15:39 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 10:53
- Karana Kaulava until 07:02, then Taitila
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Libra
- 07:02 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 07:02 Karana becomes Taitila
- 10:53 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:39 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 17:36 Karana becomes Gara
- 21:06 Moon enters Taurus
- 04:07 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 04:07 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:03
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:17
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 10:53 – 07:18 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:41 – 13:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:30 – 15:55
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. 04:21 – 05:12
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:04
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 19:52
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 15:39 – 06:04 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:07 – 06:04 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 06:03 – 07:28 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:28 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Char | 08:52 – 10:17 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:17 – 11:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:41 – 13:06 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:06 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:30 – 15:55 | Good |
| Rog | 15:55 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Kaal | 17:19 – 18:55 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:55 – 20:30 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:30 – 22:06 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:06 – 23:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:41 – 01:17 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:17 – 02:53 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:53 – 04:28 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:28 – 06:04 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 Vivaha-vrndavana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:03 NowMars
- 06:59 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:52 NowMercury
- 09:49 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:41 NowJupiter
- 12:38 NowMars
- 13:34 NowSun
- 14:30 NowVenus
- 15:27 NowMercury
- 16:23 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:23 NowJupiter
- 19:27 NowMars
- 20:30 NowSun
- 21:34 NowVenus
- 22:38 NowMercury
- 23:41 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:49 NowJupiter
- 02:53 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 05:00 NowVenus
- 06:03 NowMars
- 07:03 NowSun
- 08:03 NowVenus
- 09:03 NowMercury
- 10:03 NowMoon
- 11:03 NowSaturn
- 12:03 NowJupiter
- 13:03 NowMars
- 14:03 NowSun
- 15:03 NowVenus
- 16:03 NowMercury
- 17:03 NowMoon
- 18:03 NowSaturn
- 19:03 NowJupiter
- 20:03 NowMars
- 21:03 NowSun
- 22:03 NowVenus
- 23:03 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMoon
- 01:03 NowSaturn
- 02:03 NowJupiter
- 03:03 NowMars
- 04:03 NowSun
- 05:03 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:21 – 05:24 Virgo
- 05:24 – 07:40 Libra
- 07:40 – 09:57 Scorpio
- 09:57 – 12:02 Sagittarius
- 12:02 – 13:47 Capricorn
- 13:47 – 15:18 Aquarius
- 15:18 – 16:46 Pisces
- 16:46 – 18:24 Aries
- 18:24 – 20:21 Taurus
- 20:21 – 22:35 Gemini
- 22:35 – 00:53 next day Cancer
- 00:53 – 03:07 next day Leo
- 03:07 – 05:20 next day Virgo
- 05:20 – 06:04 next day Libra
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