Varanasi panchang, 3 January 2027
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:19 Moonrise 02:50 Margashirsha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:19- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:41 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 12:02 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam 14:40 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta 15:54 – 16:37
- Rahu Kalam 16:00 – 17:19
- 11:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 16:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:19 to 06:45 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:19 – 20:00
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 16:08
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 21:37 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 11:37
- Karana Balava until 16:08, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 11:37 Yoga becomes Shula
- 15:00 Moon enters Scorpio
- 16:08 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 16:08 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 21:37 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 05:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 11:37 – 13:37
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:02 – 13:21
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:40 – 16:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:54 – 16:37
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:00 – 17:19
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:45 – 21:37
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 21:37 – 06:45 next day
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) 11:41 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:19 – 20:00
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:45 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:23 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:23 – 10:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:43 – 12:02 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:02 – 13:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:21 – 14:40 | Good |
| Rog | 14:40 – 16:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:00 – 17:19 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:19 – 19:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:00 – 20:40 | Good |
| Char | 20:40 – 22:21 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:21 – 00:02 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:02 – 01:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:43 – 03:23 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:23 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 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
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:38 NowVenus
- 08:30 NowMercury
- 09:23 NowMoon
- 10:16 NowSaturn
- 11:09 NowJupiter
- 12:02 NowMars
- 12:55 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:40 NowMercury
- 15:33 NowMoon
- 16:26 NowSaturn
- 17:19 NowJupiter
- 18:26 NowMars
- 19:33 NowSun
- 20:40 NowVenus
- 21:48 NowMercury
- 22:55 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSaturn
- 01:09 NowJupiter
- 02:16 NowMars
- 03:23 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:45 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:45 NowMercury
- 09:45 NowMoon
- 10:45 NowSaturn
- 11:45 NowJupiter
- 12:45 NowMars
- 13:45 NowSun
- 14:45 NowVenus
- 15:45 NowMercury
- 16:45 NowMoon
- 17:45 NowSaturn
- 18:45 NowJupiter
- 19:45 NowMars
- 20:45 NowSun
- 21:45 NowVenus
- 22:45 NowMercury
- 23:45 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:45 NowSaturn
- 01:45 NowJupiter
- 02:45 NowMars
- 03:45 NowSun
- 04:45 NowVenus
- 05:45 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:57 – 05:30 Scorpio
- 05:30 – 07:35 Sagittarius
- 07:35 – 09:19 Capricorn
- 09:19 – 10:50 Aquarius
- 10:50 – 12:19 Pisces
- 12:19 – 13:57 Aries
- 13:57 – 15:54 Taurus
- 15:54 – 18:08 Gemini
- 18:08 – 20:26 Cancer
- 20:26 – 22:40 Leo
- 22:40 – 00:52 next day Virgo
- 00:52 – 03:09 next day Libra
- 03:09 – 05:26 next day Scorpio
- 05:26 – 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