Varanasi panchang, 31 January 2027
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 17:40 Moonrise 01:40 Pausha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:42 to 17:40- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:49 – 12:33
- Yamaganda 12:11 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 14:55 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta 16:12 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam 16:17 – 17:40
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
Night
17:40 to 06:42 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 17:40 – 20:16
- Brahma Muhurta 04:57 – 05:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 08:41 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:28 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vriddhi until 16:18
- Karana Vanija until 19:34, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Capricorn
- 16:18 Yoga becomes Dhruva
- 19:34 Karana becomes Vishti
- 06:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:11 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:55 – 16:17
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:12 – 16:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:17 – 17:40
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:42 – 06:28 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:28 – 06:42 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. 04:58 – 05:50
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:49 – 12:33
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:40 – 20:16
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:42 – 08:04 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:04 – 09:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:27 – 10:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:49 – 12:11 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:11 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 14:55 | Good |
| Rog | 14:55 – 16:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:17 – 17:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 17:40 – 19:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:17 – 20:55 | Good |
| Char | 20:55 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 00:11 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:11 – 01:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:48 – 03:26 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:26 – 05:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:04 – 06:42 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
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:37 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:27 NowMoon
- 10:21 NowSaturn
- 11:16 NowJupiter
- 12:11 NowMars
- 13:06 NowSun
- 14:01 NowVenus
- 14:55 NowMercury
- 15:50 NowMoon
- 16:45 NowSaturn
- 17:40 NowJupiter
- 18:45 NowMars
- 19:50 NowSun
- 20:55 NowVenus
- 22:00 NowMercury
- 23:06 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSaturn
- 01:16 NowJupiter
- 02:21 NowMars
- 03:26 NowSun
- 04:31 NowVenus
- 05:37 NowMercury
- 06:42 NowSun
- 07:42 NowVenus
- 08:42 NowMercury
- 09:42 NowMoon
- 10:42 NowSaturn
- 11:42 NowJupiter
- 12:42 NowMars
- 13:42 NowSun
- 14:42 NowVenus
- 15:42 NowMercury
- 16:42 NowMoon
- 17:42 NowSaturn
- 18:42 NowJupiter
- 19:42 NowMars
- 20:42 NowSun
- 21:42 NowVenus
- 22:42 NowMercury
- 23:42 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:42 NowSaturn
- 01:42 NowJupiter
- 02:42 NowMars
- 03:42 NowSun
- 04:42 NowVenus
- 05:42 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:58 – 05:44 Sagittarius
- 05:44 – 07:29 Capricorn
- 07:29 – 09:00 Aquarius
- 09:00 – 10:28 Pisces
- 10:28 – 12:07 Aries
- 12:07 – 14:04 Taurus
- 14:04 – 16:18 Gemini
- 16:18 – 18:36 Cancer
- 18:36 – 20:49 Leo
- 20:49 – 23:02 Virgo
- 23:02 – 01:19 next day Libra
- 01:19 – 03:36 next day Scorpio
- 03:36 – 05:41 next day Sagittarius
- 05:41 – 06:42 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