Varanasi panchang, 8 April 2027
Sunrise 05:43 Sunset 18:16 Moonrise 06:11 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:43 to 18:16- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:43 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam 08:52 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta 09:54 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam 13:34 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:45
- 15:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:16 to 05:42 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:16 – 20:33
- Brahma Muhurta 04:11 – 04:57 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Priti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwitiya until 03:10 next day
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 17:59 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vishkambha until 03:25 next day
- Karana Balava until 15:52, then Kaulava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Pisces
- 15:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 17:59 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 03:10 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Tritiya
- 03:10 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 03:25 next day Yoga becomes Priti
Times to avoid
- 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
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:43 – 07:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:52 – 10:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:54 – 10:44
- Rahu 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. 04:12 – 04:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:16 – 20:33
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:43 – 17:59
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:43 – 07:17 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:17 – 08:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:52 – 10:26 | Bad |
| Char | 10:26 – 12:00 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:00 – 13:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:34 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:42 – 18:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:16 – 19:42 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:42 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:59 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:59 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:51 – 04:17 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:17 – 05:42 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
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:46 NowMars
- 07:49 NowSun
- 08:52 NowVenus
- 09:54 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:00 NowSaturn
- 13:02 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:10 NowVenus
- 17:13 NowMercury
- 18:16 NowMoon
- 19:13 NowSaturn
- 20:10 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:02 NowVenus
- 23:59 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:56 NowMoon
- 01:54 NowSaturn
- 02:51 NowJupiter
- 03:48 NowMars
- 04:45 NowSun
- 05:43 NowJupiter
- 06:43 NowMars
- 07:43 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:43 NowMercury
- 10:43 NowMoon
- 11:43 NowSaturn
- 12:43 NowJupiter
- 13:43 NowMars
- 14:43 NowSun
- 15:43 NowVenus
- 16:43 NowMercury
- 17:43 NowMoon
- 18:43 NowSaturn
- 19:43 NowJupiter
- 20:43 NowMars
- 21:43 NowSun
- 22:43 NowVenus
- 23:43 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:43 NowMoon
- 01:43 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:43 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:12 – 04:37 Aquarius
- 04:37 – 06:05 Pisces
- 06:05 – 07:43 Aries
- 07:43 – 09:41 Taurus
- 09:41 – 11:54 Gemini
- 11:54 – 14:12 Cancer
- 14:12 – 16:26 Leo
- 16:26 – 18:39 Virgo
- 18:39 – 20:55 Libra
- 20:55 – 23:12 Scorpio
- 23:12 – 01:17 next day Sagittarius
- 01:17 – 03:02 next day Capricorn
- 03:02 – 04:33 next day Aquarius
- 04:33 – 05:42 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