Varanasi panchang, 12 April 2027
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 18:18 Moonrise 09:36 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 18:18- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:14 – 08:49
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 11:59
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:24
- Durmuhurta 12:24 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:55 – 15:46
- 08:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
Night
18:18 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:18 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:08 – 04:53 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 19:35
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 13:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shobhana until 16:48
- Karana Kaulava until 08:38, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Pisces
- 08:38 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:34 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 16:48 Yoga becomes Atiganda
- 19:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 19:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:14 – 08:49
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 11:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:24 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:55 – 15:46
- Inauspicious yoga Atiganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 16:48 – 19:12
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:39 – 13:34
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. 04:08 – 04:54
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:24
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:18 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:39 – 13:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 13:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:14 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:14 – 08:49 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:49 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 11:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:59 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:08 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:08 – 16:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:43 – 18:18 | Good |
| Char | 18:18 – 19:43 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:43 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:58 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:58 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:23 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:13 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:13 – 05:38 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
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:43 NowSaturn
- 07:46 NowJupiter
- 08:49 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 11:59 NowMercury
- 13:02 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:14 NowSun
- 18:18 NowVenus
- 19:14 NowMercury
- 20:11 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:58 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:45 NowSaturn
- 04:42 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:08 – 04:21 Aquarius
- 04:21 – 05:49 Pisces
- 05:49 – 07:28 Aries
- 07:28 – 09:25 Taurus
- 09:25 – 11:39 Gemini
- 11:39 – 13:56 Cancer
- 13:56 – 16:10 Leo
- 16:10 – 18:23 Virgo
- 18:23 – 20:40 Libra
- 20:40 – 22:57 Scorpio
- 22:57 – 01:01 next day Sagittarius
- 01:01 – 02:46 next day Capricorn
- 02:46 – 04:17 next day Aquarius
- 04:17 – 05:38 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