Varanasi panchang, 2 January 2027
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:18 Moonrise 01:54 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:18- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:44 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta 06:44 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta 07:27 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam 09:23 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:40 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:21 – 14:40
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Bava
Night
17:18 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:18 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 14:24
- Nakshatra Swati until 19:19 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:28
- Karana Vishti until 14:24, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:28 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 14:24 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 14:24 Karana becomes Bava
- 19:19 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 03:13 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:44 – 08:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:44 – 07:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:27 – 08:09
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:23 – 10:42
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:21 – 14:40
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. 04:57 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:40 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:18 – 20:00
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 19:19
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:44 – 19:19
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:44 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:04 – 09:23 | Good |
| Rog | 09:23 – 10:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:42 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Char | 12:01 – 13:21 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:40 – 15:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:59 – 17:18 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:18 – 18:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 18:59 – 20:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:40 – 22:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:21 – 00:01 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:01 – 01:42 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:42 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:04 – 06:45 next day | Good |
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
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:37 NowJupiter
- 08:30 NowMars
- 09:23 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:08 NowMercury
- 12:01 NowMoon
- 12:54 NowSaturn
- 13:47 NowJupiter
- 14:40 NowMars
- 15:33 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:33 NowSaturn
- 20:40 NowJupiter
- 21:47 NowMars
- 22:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:01 NowVenus
- 01:09 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:23 NowSaturn
- 04:30 NowJupiter
- 05:37 NowMars
- 06:44 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:44 NowMars
- 09:44 NowSun
- 10:44 NowVenus
- 11:44 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:44 NowJupiter
- 15:44 NowMars
- 16:44 NowSun
- 17:44 NowVenus
- 18:44 NowMercury
- 19:44 NowMoon
- 20:44 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:44 NowMars
- 23:44 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:44 NowVenus
- 01:44 NowMercury
- 02:44 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:44 NowJupiter
- 05:44 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:34 Scorpio
- 05:34 – 07:38 Sagittarius
- 07:38 – 09:23 Capricorn
- 09:23 – 10:54 Aquarius
- 10:54 – 12:23 Pisces
- 12:23 – 14:01 Aries
- 14:01 – 15:58 Taurus
- 15:58 – 18:12 Gemini
- 18:12 – 20:30 Cancer
- 20:30 – 22:43 Leo
- 22:43 – 00:56 next day Virgo
- 00:56 – 03:13 next day Libra
- 03:13 – 05:30 next day Scorpio
- 05:30 – 06:45 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