Varanasi panchang, 29 January 2027
Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 17:38 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 17:38- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam 10:49 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:32
- Durmuhurta 12:32 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 14:54 – 16:16
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
17:38 to 06:43 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 17:38 – 20:15
- Brahma Muhurta 04:58 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 04:58 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 01:54 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shula until 16:13
- Karana Balava until 16:25, then Kaulava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:13 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 16:25 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
- 04:58 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:05 – 09:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:54 – 09:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:49 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:32 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:54 – 16:16
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:13 – 18:37
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 08:27 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 07:23 – 09:32
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. 04:58 – 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 17:38 – 20:15
Choghadiya
| Char | 06:43 – 08:05 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 08:05 – 09:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:49 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:11 – 13:32 | Good |
| Rog | 13:32 – 14:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:54 – 16:16 | Bad |
| Char | 16:16 – 17:38 | Neutral |
| Rog | 17:38 – 19:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:16 – 20:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 20:54 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 00:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:10 – 01:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:48 – 03:27 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:27 – 05:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:38 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:27 NowSaturn
- 10:21 NowJupiter
- 11:16 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:00 NowMercury
- 14:54 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:44 NowJupiter
- 17:38 NowMars
- 18:44 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:54 NowMercury
- 22:00 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:10 NowJupiter
- 01:16 NowMars
- 02:21 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:37 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowVenus
- 07:43 NowMercury
- 08:43 NowMoon
- 09:43 NowSaturn
- 10:43 NowJupiter
- 11:43 NowMars
- 12:43 NowSun
- 13:43 NowVenus
- 14:43 NowMercury
- 15:43 NowMoon
- 16:43 NowSaturn
- 17:43 NowJupiter
- 18:43 NowMars
- 19:43 NowSun
- 20:43 NowVenus
- 21:43 NowMercury
- 22:43 NowMoon
- 23:43 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:43 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:43 NowSun
- 03:43 NowVenus
- 04:43 NowMercury
- 05:43 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:52 Sagittarius
- 05:52 – 07:37 Capricorn
- 07:37 – 09:08 Aquarius
- 09:08 – 10:36 Pisces
- 10:36 – 12:15 Aries
- 12:15 – 14:12 Taurus
- 14:12 – 16:26 Gemini
- 16:26 – 18:43 Cancer
- 18:43 – 20:57 Leo
- 20:57 – 23:10 Virgo
- 23:10 – 01:27 next day Libra
- 01:27 – 03:44 next day Scorpio
- 03:44 – 05:48 next day Sagittarius
- 05:48 – 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