Varanasi panchang, 17 April 2027
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 14:59 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:20- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:35 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta 05:35 – 06:26
- Durmuhurta 06:26 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:09
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:20 to 05:34 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 09:28
- Nakshatra Magha until 07:08 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 00:24 next day
- Karana Vishti until 09:28, then Bava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:08 Nakshatra becomes Purva Phalguni
- 09:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 09:28 Karana becomes Bava
- 20:34 Karana becomes Balava
- 00:24 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 22:24 – 09:28
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:35 – 07:10
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:35 – 06:26
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:26 – 07:17
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
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 – 04:50
- 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 05:35 – 07:08
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:35 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:10 – 08:46 | Good |
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 11:57 | Bad |
| Char | 11:57 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:09 – 16:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:44 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:20 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:44 – 21:08 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:08 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:57 | Good |
| Char | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:10 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:10 – 05:34 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
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:38 NowJupiter
- 07:42 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:50 NowVenus
- 10:54 NowMercury
- 11:57 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:09 NowMars
- 16:12 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:20 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:12 NowSaturn
- 21:08 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:57 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:53 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:41 NowJupiter
- 04:38 NowMars
- 05:35 NowSaturn
- 06:35 NowJupiter
- 07:35 NowMars
- 08:35 NowSun
- 09:35 NowVenus
- 10:35 NowMercury
- 11:35 NowMoon
- 12:35 NowSaturn
- 13:35 NowJupiter
- 14:35 NowMars
- 15:35 NowSun
- 16:35 NowVenus
- 17:35 NowMercury
- 18:35 NowMoon
- 19:35 NowSaturn
- 20:35 NowJupiter
- 21:35 NowMars
- 22:35 NowSun
- 23:35 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:35 NowMercury
- 01:35 NowMoon
- 02:35 NowSaturn
- 03:35 NowJupiter
- 04:35 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:30 Pisces
- 05:30 – 07:08 Aries
- 07:08 – 09:05 Taurus
- 09:05 – 11:19 Gemini
- 11:19 – 13:37 Cancer
- 13:37 – 15:51 Leo
- 15:51 – 18:04 Virgo
- 18:04 – 20:20 Libra
- 20:20 – 22:37 Scorpio
- 22:37 – 00:42 next day Sagittarius
- 00:42 – 02:27 next day Capricorn
- 02:27 – 03:57 next day Aquarius
- 03:57 – 05:26 next day Pisces
- 05:26 – 05:34 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