Varanasi panchang, 5 April 2027
Sunrise 05:46 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 04:30 Phalguna month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:46 to 18:15- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:20 – 08:53
- Yamaganda 10:27 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:25
- Durmuhurta 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:32 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:15 to 05:45 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:13 – 04:59 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 05:40 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 17:47 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shukla until 09:47
- Karana Vishti until 17:37, then Shakuni
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Pisces
- 09:47 Yoga becomes Brahma
- 11:32 Moon enters Pisces
- 17:37 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 17:47 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 05:40 next day Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 05:40 next day Karana becomes Chatushpada
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 05:23 – 11:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:20 – 08:53
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:27 – 12:00
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 11:32 – 17:37
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:25 – 13:15
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:45
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. 04:14 – 05:00
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:46 – 07:20 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:20 – 08:53 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:53 – 10:27 | Good |
| Rog | 10:27 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:41 – 18:15 | Good |
| Char | 18:15 – 19:41 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:41 – 21:07 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:07 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:26 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:26 – 02:53 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:53 – 04:19 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:19 – 05:45 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:49 NowSaturn
- 07:51 NowJupiter
- 08:53 NowMars
- 09:56 NowSun
- 10:58 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:03 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:12 NowSun
- 18:15 NowVenus
- 19:12 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:07 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:02 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:58 NowVenus
- 01:55 NowMercury
- 02:53 NowMoon
- 03:50 NowSaturn
- 04:48 NowJupiter
- 05:46 NowMoon
- 06:46 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:46 NowMars
- 09:46 NowSun
- 10:46 NowVenus
- 11:46 NowMercury
- 12:46 NowMoon
- 13:46 NowSaturn
- 14:46 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:46 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:46 NowSaturn
- 21:46 NowJupiter
- 22:46 NowMars
- 23:46 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:46 NowVenus
- 01:46 NowMercury
- 02:46 NowMoon
- 03:46 NowSaturn
- 04:46 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:14 – 04:48 Aquarius
- 04:48 – 06:17 Pisces
- 06:17 – 07:55 Aries
- 07:55 – 09:52 Taurus
- 09:52 – 12:06 Gemini
- 12:06 – 14:24 Cancer
- 14:24 – 16:38 Leo
- 16:38 – 18:51 Virgo
- 18:51 – 21:07 Libra
- 21:07 – 23:24 Scorpio
- 23:24 – 01:29 next day Sagittarius
- 01:29 – 03:14 next day Capricorn
- 03:14 – 04:45 next day Aquarius
- 04:45 – 05:45 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