Varanasi panchang, 16 April 2027
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 13:58 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:20- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:08 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 11:58
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Durmuhurta 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:44
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:18 Moon enters Leo
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:20 to 05:35 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 11:22
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 08:18 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Shula until 05:38
- Karana Gara until 11:22, then Vanija
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:38 Yoga becomes Ganda
- 08:18 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 08:18 Moon enters Leo
- 11:22 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 11:22 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:58 next day Yoga becomes Vriddhi
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Ganda Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 05:38 – 08:02
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:08 – 08:59
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:23 – 13:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:44
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:24 – 09:28 next day
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 08:18
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:18 – 05:35 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 19:26 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34, commentary p. 30 18:27 – 20:25
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. 04:05 – 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 18:20 – 20:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 05:35 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 11:22 – 05:35 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:36 – 07:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 11:58 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:58 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:44 | Bad |
| Char | 16:44 – 18:20 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:20 – 19:44 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:21 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:46 – 04:10 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:10 – 05:35 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
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:39 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:54 NowMars
- 11:58 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:12 NowSaturn
- 17:16 NowJupiter
- 18:20 NowMars
- 19:16 NowSun
- 20:12 NowVenus
- 21:08 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:01 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:46 NowVenus
- 03:42 NowMercury
- 04:38 NowMoon
- 05:36 NowVenus
- 06:36 NowMercury
- 07:36 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:36 NowMars
- 11:36 NowSun
- 12:36 NowVenus
- 13:36 NowMercury
- 14:36 NowMoon
- 15:36 NowSaturn
- 16:36 NowJupiter
- 17:36 NowMars
- 18:36 NowSun
- 19:36 NowVenus
- 20:36 NowMercury
- 21:36 NowMoon
- 22:36 NowSaturn
- 23:36 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:36 NowMars
- 01:36 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:36 NowMercury
- 04:36 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:34 Pisces
- 05:34 – 07:12 Aries
- 07:12 – 09:09 Taurus
- 09:09 – 11:23 Gemini
- 11:23 – 13:41 Cancer
- 13:41 – 15:55 Leo
- 15:55 – 18:07 Virgo
- 18:07 – 20:24 Libra
- 20:24 – 22:41 Scorpio
- 22:41 – 00:46 next day Sagittarius
- 00:46 – 02:30 next day Capricorn
- 02:30 – 04:01 next day Aquarius
- 04:01 – 05:30 next day Pisces
- 05:30 – 05:35 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