Varanasi panchang, 2 April 2027
Sunrise 05:49 Sunset 18:13 Moonrise 02:55 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:49 to 18:13- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:22 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta 08:18 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam 10:28 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:16
- Yamaganda 15:07 – 16:40
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:52 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:13 to 05:48 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:13 – 20:32
- Brahma Muhurta 04:16 – 05:02 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:33 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 02:52 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 12:16 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddha until 09:41
- Karana Bava until 13:52, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:41 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 12:16 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 13:52 Karana becomes Balava
- 01:33 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 02:52 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 02:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:22 – 08:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:18 – 09:08
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:28 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:16
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:40
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. 04:17 – 05:03
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:13 – 20:32
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:49 – 12:16
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:49 – 02:52 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:49 – 07:22 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:22 – 08:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:55 – 10:28 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:28 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:34 | Good |
| Rog | 13:34 – 15:07 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:07 – 16:40 | Bad |
| Char | 16:40 – 18:13 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:13 – 19:40 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:40 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:07 – 22:34 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:34 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:28 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:28 – 02:55 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:55 – 04:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:22 – 05:48 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
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:51 NowMercury
- 07:53 NowMoon
- 08:55 NowSaturn
- 09:57 NowJupiter
- 10:59 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:03 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:07 NowMoon
- 16:09 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:09 NowVenus
- 21:07 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:03 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:59 NowMars
- 01:57 NowSun
- 02:55 NowVenus
- 03:53 NowMercury
- 04:51 NowMoon
- 05:49 NowVenus
- 06:49 NowMercury
- 07:49 NowMoon
- 08:49 NowSaturn
- 09:49 NowJupiter
- 10:49 NowMars
- 11:49 NowSun
- 12:49 NowVenus
- 13:49 NowMercury
- 14:49 NowMoon
- 15:49 NowSaturn
- 16:49 NowJupiter
- 17:49 NowMars
- 18:49 NowSun
- 19:49 NowVenus
- 20:49 NowMercury
- 21:49 NowMoon
- 22:49 NowSaturn
- 23:49 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:49 NowVenus
- 03:49 NowMercury
- 04:49 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:17 – 05:00 Aquarius
- 05:00 – 06:29 Pisces
- 06:29 – 08:07 Aries
- 08:07 – 10:04 Taurus
- 10:04 – 12:18 Gemini
- 12:18 – 14:36 Cancer
- 14:36 – 16:50 Leo
- 16:50 – 19:03 Virgo
- 19:03 – 21:19 Libra
- 21:19 – 23:36 Scorpio
- 23:36 – 01:41 next day Sagittarius
- 01:41 – 03:26 next day Capricorn
- 03:26 – 04:56 next day Aquarius
- 04:56 – 05:48 next day Pisces
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