Varanasi panchang, 7 April 2027
Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 18:15 Moonrise 05:35 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:44 to 18:15- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:18 – 08:52
- Gulika Kalam 10:26 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:34
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:15 to 05:43 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:15 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:12 – 04:58 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 04:29 next day
- Nakshatra Revati until 18:25 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Indra until 07:26
- Karana Kimstughna until 16:58, then Bava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:26 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 16:58 Karana becomes Bava
- 18:25 Nakshatra becomes Ashwini
- 18:25 Moon enters Aries
- 04:29 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 04:29 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 05:36 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:18 – 08:52
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 07:26 – 05:36 next day
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:26 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:36 – 06:48 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:44 – 18:25
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 18:25 – 05:43 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. 04:12 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:15 – 20:33
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:29 – 05:43 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:44 – 07:18 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:18 – 08:52 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:52 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:26 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:42 – 18:15 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:15 – 19:41 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:41 – 21:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:07 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:59 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:17 – 05:43 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
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:47 NowMoon
- 07:50 NowSaturn
- 08:52 NowJupiter
- 09:55 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:10 NowJupiter
- 17:13 NowMars
- 18:15 NowSun
- 19:13 NowVenus
- 20:10 NowMercury
- 21:07 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:59 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:54 NowVenus
- 02:51 NowMercury
- 03:49 NowMoon
- 04:46 NowSaturn
- 05:44 NowMercury
- 06:44 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:44 NowMars
- 10:44 NowSun
- 11:44 NowVenus
- 12:44 NowMercury
- 13:44 NowMoon
- 14:44 NowSaturn
- 15:44 NowJupiter
- 16:44 NowMars
- 17:44 NowSun
- 18:44 NowVenus
- 19:44 NowMercury
- 20:44 NowMoon
- 21:44 NowSaturn
- 22:44 NowJupiter
- 23:44 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:44 NowSun
- 01:44 NowVenus
- 02:44 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:44 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:41 Aquarius
- 04:41 – 06:09 Pisces
- 06:09 – 07:47 Aries
- 07:47 – 09:44 Taurus
- 09:44 – 11:58 Gemini
- 11:58 – 14:16 Cancer
- 14:16 – 16:30 Leo
- 16:30 – 18:43 Virgo
- 18:43 – 20:59 Libra
- 20:59 – 23:16 Scorpio
- 23:16 – 01:21 next day Sagittarius
- 01:21 – 03:06 next day Capricorn
- 03:06 – 04:37 next day Aquarius
- 04:37 – 05:43 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