Varanasi panchang, 13 January 2027
Sunrise 06:46 Sunset 17:26 Moonrise 09:55 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:46 to 17:26- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta 11:45 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:45 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:06 – 13:26
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
Night
17:26 to 06:46 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:26 – 20:06
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 13:02
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 22:04 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Variyan until 17:54
- Karana Balava until 13:02, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 13:02 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 13:02 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 15:40 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:54 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 22:04 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 01:35 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:26
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:45 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:06 – 13:26
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:54 – 05:38 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. 04:59 – 05:53
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:45 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:26 – 20:06
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 22:04 – 06:46 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:46 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:26 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:26 – 10:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:46 – 12:06 | Good |
| Rog | 12:06 – 13:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:26 – 14:46 | Bad |
| Char | 14:46 – 16:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:06 – 17:26 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:26 – 19:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:06 – 20:46 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:46 – 22:26 | Good |
| Char | 22:26 – 00:06 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:06 – 01:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:46 – 03:26 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:26 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:46 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 Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:26 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:13 NowSun
- 12:06 NowVenus
- 12:59 NowMercury
- 13:53 NowMoon
- 14:46 NowSaturn
- 15:39 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:39 NowMercury
- 20:46 NowMoon
- 21:53 NowSaturn
- 22:59 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:06 NowMars
- 01:13 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:26 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:46 NowMercury
- 07:46 NowMoon
- 08:46 NowSaturn
- 09:46 NowJupiter
- 10:46 NowMars
- 11:46 NowSun
- 12:46 NowVenus
- 13:46 NowMercury
- 14:46 NowMoon
- 15:46 NowSaturn
- 16:46 NowJupiter
- 17:46 NowMars
- 18:46 NowSun
- 19:46 NowVenus
- 20:46 NowMercury
- 21:46 NowMoon
- 22:46 NowSaturn
- 23:46 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:46 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:46 NowMercury
- 04:46 NowMoon
- 05:46 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:55 Sagittarius
- 06:55 – 08:40 Capricorn
- 08:40 – 10:11 Aquarius
- 10:11 – 11:39 Pisces
- 11:39 – 13:18 Aries
- 13:18 – 15:15 Taurus
- 15:15 – 17:29 Gemini
- 17:29 – 19:46 Cancer
- 19:46 – 22:00 Leo
- 22:00 – 00:13 next day Virgo
- 00:13 – 02:30 next day Libra
- 02:30 – 04:47 next day Scorpio
- 04:47 – 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