Varanasi panchang, 4 April 2027
Sunrise 05:47 Sunset 18:14 Moonrise 04:00 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:47 to 18:14- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:26
- Yamaganda 12:01 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:07 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta 16:35 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam 16:41 – 18:14
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:14 to 05:46 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:14 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:14 – 05:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 05:23 next day
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 16:33 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Shubha until 10:14
- Karana Gara until 17:00, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:14 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 16:33 Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
- 17:00 Karana becomes Vanija
- 05:23 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 05:23 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:07 – 16:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:35 – 17:24
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:41 – 18:14
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:23 – 11:32 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 17:37 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 10:40 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 09:35 – 11:45
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. 04:15 – 05:01
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:14 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:47 – 07:21 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:21 – 08:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:54 – 10:27 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:27 – 12:01 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:01 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:07 | Good |
| Rog | 15:07 – 16:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:41 – 18:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:14 – 19:41 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Char | 21:07 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:00 – 01:27 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:27 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:53 – 04:20 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:20 – 05:46 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
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:50 NowVenus
- 07:52 NowMercury
- 08:54 NowMoon
- 09:56 NowSaturn
- 10:59 NowJupiter
- 12:01 NowMars
- 13:03 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:07 NowMercury
- 16:10 NowMoon
- 17:12 NowSaturn
- 18:14 NowJupiter
- 19:12 NowMars
- 20:09 NowSun
- 21:07 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:03 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:56 NowMars
- 02:53 NowSun
- 03:51 NowVenus
- 04:49 NowMercury
- 05:47 NowSun
- 06:47 NowVenus
- 07:47 NowMercury
- 08:47 NowMoon
- 09:47 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:47 NowMars
- 12:47 NowSun
- 13:47 NowVenus
- 14:47 NowMercury
- 15:47 NowMoon
- 16:47 NowSaturn
- 17:47 NowJupiter
- 18:47 NowMars
- 19:47 NowSun
- 20:47 NowVenus
- 21:47 NowMercury
- 22:47 NowMoon
- 23:47 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:47 NowMars
- 02:47 NowSun
- 03:47 NowVenus
- 04:47 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:15 – 04:52 Aquarius
- 04:52 – 06:21 Pisces
- 06:21 – 07:59 Aries
- 07:59 – 09:56 Taurus
- 09:56 – 12:10 Gemini
- 12:10 – 14:28 Cancer
- 14:28 – 16:42 Leo
- 16:42 – 18:55 Virgo
- 18:55 – 21:11 Libra
- 21:11 – 23:28 Scorpio
- 23:28 – 01:33 next day Sagittarius
- 01:33 – 03:18 next day Capricorn
- 03:18 – 04:48 next day Aquarius
- 04:48 – 05:46 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