Varanasi panchang, 27 January 2027
Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 22:48 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:44 to 17:37- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:05 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta 11:48 – 12:32
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:32 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:10 – 13:32
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
17:37 to 06:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:14
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 03:54 next day
- Nakshatra Hasta until 23:56 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sukarman until 18:19
- Karana Gara until 16:07, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:07 Karana becomes Vanija
- 18:19 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 03:54 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 03:54 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:48 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:10 – 13:32
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:44 – 23:56
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 23:56 – 06:43 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:54 – 06:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:44 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:49 – 12:10 | Good |
| Rog | 12:10 – 13:32 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:32 – 14:53 | Bad |
| Char | 14:53 – 16:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:15 – 17:37 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:37 – 19:15 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:15 – 20:53 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:53 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:33 NowSaturn
- 09:27 NowJupiter
- 10:21 NowMars
- 11:16 NowSun
- 12:10 NowVenus
- 13:05 NowMercury
- 13:59 NowMoon
- 14:53 NowSaturn
- 15:48 NowJupiter
- 16:42 NowMars
- 17:37 NowSun
- 18:42 NowVenus
- 19:48 NowMercury
- 20:53 NowMoon
- 21:59 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMars
- 01:16 NowSun
- 02:21 NowVenus
- 03:27 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:38 NowSaturn
- 06:44 NowMercury
- 07:44 NowMoon
- 08:44 NowSaturn
- 09:44 NowJupiter
- 10:44 NowMars
- 11:44 NowSun
- 12:44 NowVenus
- 13:44 NowMercury
- 14:44 NowMoon
- 15:44 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:44 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:44 NowVenus
- 20:44 NowMercury
- 21:44 NowMoon
- 22:44 NowSaturn
- 23:44 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:44 NowMars
- 01:44 NowSun
- 02:44 NowVenus
- 03:44 NowMercury
- 04:44 NowMoon
- 05:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:59 – 06:00 Sagittarius
- 06:00 – 07:45 Capricorn
- 07:45 – 09:16 Aquarius
- 09:16 – 10:44 Pisces
- 10:44 – 12:22 Aries
- 12:22 – 14:20 Taurus
- 14:20 – 16:34 Gemini
- 16:34 – 18:51 Cancer
- 18:51 – 21:05 Leo
- 21:05 – 23:18 Virgo
- 23:18 – 01:35 next day Libra
- 01:35 – 03:52 next day Scorpio
- 03:52 – 05:56 next day Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 06:43 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