Varanasi panchang, 14 April 2027
Sunrise 05:38 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 11:48 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:38 to 18:19- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:33 – 12:23
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:33 – 12:23 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:33
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:19 to 05:37 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ashtami until 15:24
- Nakshatra Punarvasu until 10:52 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Sukarman until 11:10
- Karana Bava until 15:24, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Pisces
- 10:52 Nakshatra becomes Pushya
- 11:10 Yoga becomes Dhriti
- 15:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Navami
- 15:24 Karana becomes Balava
- 02:22 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:13 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:33 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:33
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. 04:07 – 04:52
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:33 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 10:52 – 15:28
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:38 – 07:13 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:13 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:08 | Bad |
| Char | 15:08 – 16:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:43 – 18:19 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:19 – 19:43 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:43 – 21:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:22 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:12 – 05:37 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
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:41 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:51 NowMars
- 10:55 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:08 NowSaturn
- 16:12 NowJupiter
- 17:15 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:15 NowVenus
- 20:12 NowMercury
- 21:08 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:01 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:54 NowSun
- 01:51 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:38 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:38 NowSaturn
- 08:38 NowJupiter
- 09:38 NowMars
- 10:38 NowSun
- 11:38 NowVenus
- 12:38 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:38 NowSaturn
- 15:38 NowJupiter
- 16:38 NowMars
- 17:38 NowSun
- 18:38 NowVenus
- 19:38 NowMercury
- 20:38 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:38 NowJupiter
- 23:38 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:38 NowSun
- 01:38 NowVenus
- 02:38 NowMercury
- 03:38 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:07 – 04:13 Aquarius
- 04:13 – 05:41 Pisces
- 05:41 – 07:20 Aries
- 07:20 – 09:17 Taurus
- 09:17 – 11:31 Gemini
- 11:31 – 13:49 Cancer
- 13:49 – 16:02 Leo
- 16:02 – 18:15 Virgo
- 18:15 – 20:32 Libra
- 20:32 – 22:49 Scorpio
- 22:49 – 00:53 next day Sagittarius
- 00:53 – 02:38 next day Capricorn
- 02:38 – 04:09 next day Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:37 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