Varanasi panchang, 15 April 2027
Sunrise 05:37 Sunset 18:19 Moonrise 12:54 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:37 to 18:19- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:37 – 07:12
- Gulika Kalam 08:47 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta 09:51 – 10:42
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:47
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:21 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:19 to 05:36 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:19 – 20:34
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 13:21
- Nakshatra Pushya until 09:33 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Dhriti until 08:23
- Karana Kaulava until 13:21, then Taitila
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:23 Yoga becomes Shula
- 09:33 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 13:21 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 13:21 Karana becomes Taitila
- 00:21 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:37 – 07:12
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 08:23 – 10:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:47 – 10:22
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:51 – 10:42
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:08
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:47
- Visha yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.20–21, pp. 19–20 05:37 – 09:33
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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:23
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:19 – 20:34
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:37 – 09:33
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 09:33 – 05:36 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 13:21 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:37 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:12 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:47 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Char | 10:22 – 11:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:08 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:08 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:44 – 18:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:19 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:44 – 21:08 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:08 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:57 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:22 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:46 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:11 – 05:36 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
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:40 NowMars
- 07:44 NowSun
- 08:47 NowVenus
- 09:51 NowMercury
- 10:54 NowMoon
- 11:58 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:12 NowVenus
- 17:16 NowMercury
- 18:19 NowMoon
- 19:15 NowSaturn
- 20:12 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:57 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:54 NowMoon
- 01:50 NowSaturn
- 02:46 NowJupiter
- 03:43 NowMars
- 04:39 NowSun
- 05:37 NowJupiter
- 06:37 NowMars
- 07:37 NowSun
- 08:37 NowVenus
- 09:37 NowMercury
- 10:37 NowMoon
- 11:37 NowSaturn
- 12:37 NowJupiter
- 13:37 NowMars
- 14:37 NowSun
- 15:37 NowVenus
- 16:37 NowMercury
- 17:37 NowMoon
- 18:37 NowSaturn
- 19:37 NowJupiter
- 20:37 NowMars
- 21:37 NowSun
- 22:37 NowVenus
- 23:37 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:37 NowMoon
- 01:37 NowSaturn
- 02:37 NowJupiter
- 03:37 NowMars
- 04:37 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 04:09 Aquarius
- 04:09 – 05:38 Pisces
- 05:38 – 07:16 Aries
- 07:16 – 09:13 Taurus
- 09:13 – 11:27 Gemini
- 11:27 – 13:45 Cancer
- 13:45 – 15:59 Leo
- 15:59 – 18:11 Virgo
- 18:11 – 20:28 Libra
- 20:28 – 22:45 Scorpio
- 22:45 – 00:50 next day Sagittarius
- 00:50 – 02:34 next day Capricorn
- 02:34 – 04:05 next day Aquarius
- 04:05 – 05:34 next day Pisces
- 05:34 – 05:36 next day Aries
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