Varanasi panchang, 7 January 2027
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:22 Moonrise 06:23 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 17:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:45 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:25 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta 10:18 – 11:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:42 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:23 – 14:43
- Durmuhurta 14:32 – 15:14
- 12:34 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Night
17:22 to 06:46 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:22 – 20:02
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
The five limbs
- Tithi Amavasya until 01:54 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 09:13 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 14:26
- Karana Chatushpada until 12:34, then Naga
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 12:34 Karana becomes Naga
- 14:26 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 01:54 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Pratipada
- 01:54 next day Karana becomes Kimstughna
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:44
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:18 – 11:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:23 – 14:43
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:26 – 18:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:32 – 15:14
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. 04:58 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:42 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:22 – 20:02
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:45 – 01:54 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:45 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:25 – 10:44 | Bad |
| Char | 10:44 – 12:04 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:04 – 13:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:23 – 14:43 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:43 – 16:02 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:02 – 17:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:22 – 19:02 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:02 – 20:43 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:43 – 22:23 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:23 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:04 – 01:44 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:44 – 03:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:25 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:46 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 NowJupiter
- 07:39 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:04 NowSaturn
- 12:57 NowJupiter
- 13:50 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:36 NowVenus
- 16:29 NowMercury
- 17:22 NowMoon
- 18:29 NowSaturn
- 19:36 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:50 NowSun
- 22:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:39 NowSun
- 06:45 NowJupiter
- 07:45 NowMars
- 08:45 NowSun
- 09:45 NowVenus
- 10:45 NowMercury
- 11:45 NowMoon
- 12:45 NowSaturn
- 13:45 NowJupiter
- 14:45 NowMars
- 15:45 NowSun
- 16:45 NowVenus
- 17:45 NowMercury
- 18:45 NowMoon
- 19:45 NowSaturn
- 20:45 NowJupiter
- 21:45 NowMars
- 22:45 NowSun
- 23:45 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMercury
- 01:45 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:45 NowJupiter
- 04:45 NowMars
- 05:45 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:14 Scorpio
- 05:14 – 07:19 Sagittarius
- 07:19 – 09:04 Capricorn
- 09:04 – 10:34 Aquarius
- 10:34 – 12:03 Pisces
- 12:03 – 13:41 Aries
- 13:41 – 15:38 Taurus
- 15:38 – 17:52 Gemini
- 17:52 – 20:10 Cancer
- 20:10 – 22:24 Leo
- 22:24 – 00:37 next day Virgo
- 00:37 – 02:53 next day Libra
- 02:53 – 05:10 next day Scorpio
- 05:10 – 06:46 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