Varanasi panchang, 28 January 2027
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:37 Moonrise 23:46 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:43 to 17:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 06:43 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam 09:27 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta 10:21 – 11:05
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Rahu Kalam 13:32 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta 14:43 – 15:27
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
Night
17:37 to 06:43 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 17:37 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 04:03 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 00:32 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Dhriti until 16:58
- Karana Vishti until 15:52, then Bava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 12:08 Moon enters Libra
- 15:52 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:58 Yoga becomes Shula
- 00:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 04:03 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 04:03 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:43 – 08:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:27 – 10:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 10:21 – 11:05
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:32 – 14:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:43 – 15:27
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:58 – 18:58
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 – 05:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:32
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:37 – 20:15
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:43 – 00:32 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 06:43 – 08:05 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 08:05 – 09:27 | Bad |
| Udveg | 09:27 – 10:49 | Bad |
| Char | 10:49 – 12:10 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:10 – 13:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:32 – 14:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 14:54 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:16 – 17:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:37 – 19:16 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:16 – 20:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 20:54 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 05:05 – 06:43 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
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:32 NowSun
- 09:27 NowVenus
- 10:21 NowMercury
- 11:16 NowMoon
- 12:10 NowSaturn
- 13:05 NowJupiter
- 13:59 NowMars
- 14:54 NowSun
- 15:48 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:48 NowJupiter
- 20:54 NowMars
- 21:59 NowSun
- 23:05 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:10 NowMercury
- 01:16 NowMoon
- 02:21 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:38 NowSun
- 06:43 NowJupiter
- 07:43 NowMars
- 08:43 NowSun
- 09:43 NowVenus
- 10:43 NowMercury
- 11:43 NowMoon
- 12:43 NowSaturn
- 13:43 NowJupiter
- 14:43 NowMars
- 15:43 NowSun
- 16:43 NowVenus
- 17:43 NowMercury
- 18:43 NowMoon
- 19:43 NowSaturn
- 20:43 NowJupiter
- 21:43 NowMars
- 22:43 NowSun
- 23:43 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMercury
- 01:43 NowMoon
- 02:43 NowSaturn
- 03:43 NowJupiter
- 04:43 NowMars
- 05:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:56 Sagittarius
- 05:56 – 07:41 Capricorn
- 07:41 – 09:12 Aquarius
- 09:12 – 10:40 Pisces
- 10:40 – 12:19 Aries
- 12:19 – 14:16 Taurus
- 14:16 – 16:30 Gemini
- 16:30 – 18:47 Cancer
- 18:47 – 21:01 Leo
- 21:01 – 23:14 Virgo
- 23:14 – 01:31 next day Libra
- 01:31 – 03:48 next day Scorpio
- 03:48 – 05:52 next day Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 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