Varanasi panchang, 20 January 2027
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:31 Moonrise 15:05 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:45 to 17:31- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:48 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta 11:47 – 12:30
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:47 – 12:30 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:08 – 13:29
- 14:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
Night
17:31 to 06:45 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:31 – 20:10
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 01:12 next day
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 16:17 · lord Mars
- Yoga Indra until 22:23
- Karana Kaulava until 14:59, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 14:59 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:17 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 22:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 01:12 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 01:12 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:06 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:48 – 12:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:47 – 12:30
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:08 – 13:29
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 22:23 – 18:08 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 – 05:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:47 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:31 – 20:10
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:45 – 16:17
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:17 – 06:45 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:45 – 08:06 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:48 – 12:08 | Good |
| Rog | 12:08 – 13:29 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:29 – 14:50 | Bad |
| Char | 14:50 – 16:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:11 – 17:31 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:31 – 19:11 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:11 – 20:50 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:50 – 22:29 | Good |
| Char | 22:29 – 00:08 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:08 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:06 – 06:45 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
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:39 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:15 NowSun
- 12:08 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 13:56 NowMoon
- 14:50 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:50 NowMoon
- 21:56 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMars
- 01:15 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:39 NowSaturn
- 06:45 NowMercury
- 07:45 NowMoon
- 08:45 NowSaturn
- 09:45 NowJupiter
- 10:45 NowMars
- 11:45 NowSun
- 12:45 NowVenus
- 13:45 NowMercury
- 14:45 NowMoon
- 15:45 NowSaturn
- 16:45 NowJupiter
- 17:45 NowMars
- 18:45 NowSun
- 19:45 NowVenus
- 20:45 NowMercury
- 21:45 NowMoon
- 22:45 NowSaturn
- 23:45 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:45 NowMars
- 01:45 NowSun
- 02:45 NowVenus
- 03:45 NowMercury
- 04:45 NowMoon
- 05:45 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:28 Sagittarius
- 06:28 – 08:13 Capricorn
- 08:13 – 09:43 Aquarius
- 09:43 – 11:12 Pisces
- 11:12 – 12:50 Aries
- 12:50 – 14:47 Taurus
- 14:47 – 17:01 Gemini
- 17:01 – 19:19 Cancer
- 19:19 – 21:33 Leo
- 21:33 – 23:46 Virgo
- 23:46 – 02:02 next day Libra
- 02:02 – 04:19 next day Scorpio
- 04:19 – 06:24 next day Sagittarius
- 06:24 – 06:45 next day Capricorn
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