Varanasi panchang, 23 January 2027
Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 17:34 Moonrise 18:40 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 17:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 06:45 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam 09:27 – 10:48
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:30 – 14:51
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:13 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
17:34 to 06:45 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 17:34 – 20:12
- Brahma Muhurta 04:59 – 05:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:53 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:40 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 14:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 07:31 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Priti until 09:38
- Karana Kaulava until 14:13, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 07:31 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 09:38 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 14:13 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 14:13 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:32 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 04:53 next day Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 04:53 next day Moon enters Leo
- 05:40 next day Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:45 – 08:06
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:45 – 07:28
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:28 – 08:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:30 – 14:51
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 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:34 – 20:12
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 06:45 – 08:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 08:06 – 09:27 | Good |
| Rog | 09:27 – 10:48 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:48 – 12:09 | Bad |
| Char | 12:09 – 13:30 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:30 – 14:51 | Good |
| Amrit | 14:51 – 16:13 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:13 – 17:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 17:34 – 19:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:13 – 20:51 | Bad |
| Shubh | 20:51 – 22:30 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:30 – 00:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:09 – 01:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 03:27 – 05:06 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 05:06 – 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 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:27 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:15 NowMercury
- 12:09 NowMoon
- 13:03 NowSaturn
- 13:57 NowJupiter
- 14:51 NowMars
- 15:46 NowSun
- 16:40 NowVenus
- 17:34 NowMercury
- 18:40 NowMoon
- 19:46 NowSaturn
- 20:51 NowJupiter
- 21:57 NowMars
- 23:03 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:09 NowVenus
- 01:15 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:27 NowSaturn
- 04:33 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMars
- 06:45 NowSaturn
- 07:45 NowJupiter
- 08:45 NowMars
- 09:45 NowSun
- 10:45 NowVenus
- 11:45 NowMercury
- 12:45 NowMoon
- 13:45 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:45 NowMars
- 16:45 NowSun
- 17:45 NowVenus
- 18:45 NowMercury
- 19:45 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:45 NowJupiter
- 22:45 NowMars
- 23:45 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:45 NowVenus
- 01:45 NowMercury
- 02:45 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:45 NowJupiter
- 05:45 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:16 Sagittarius
- 06:16 – 08:01 Capricorn
- 08:01 – 09:32 Aquarius
- 09:32 – 11:00 Pisces
- 11:00 – 12:38 Aries
- 12:38 – 14:35 Taurus
- 14:35 – 16:49 Gemini
- 16:49 – 19:07 Cancer
- 19:07 – 21:21 Leo
- 21:21 – 23:34 Virgo
- 23:34 – 01:50 next day Libra
- 01:50 – 04:07 next day Scorpio
- 04:07 – 06:12 next day Sagittarius
- 06:12 – 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