Varanasi panchang, 18 April 2027
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:20 Moonrise 15:59 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:20- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:23
- Yamaganda 11:57 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:09 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta 16:38 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam 16:45 – 18:20
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Moon enters Virgo
Night
18:20 to 05:33 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:20 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:48 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 07:42
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 06:06 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 21:58
- Karana Balava until 07:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:06 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 07:42 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 07:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 11:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:54 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:58 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Hasta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:38 – 17:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:45 – 18:20
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 21:58 – 01:34 next day
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. 04:04 – 04:49
- 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
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:06 – 05:15 next day
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21's commentary, p. 20 05:15 – 05:33 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:15 – 05:33 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:15 – 05:33 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:34 – 07:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:10 – 08:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:45 – 10:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:21 – 11:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:57 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:45 – 18:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:20 – 19:44 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:44 – 21:09 | Good |
| Char | 21:09 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:57 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:57 – 01:21 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:21 – 02:45 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:45 – 04:09 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:09 – 05:33 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
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:38 NowVenus
- 07:42 NowMercury
- 08:45 NowMoon
- 09:49 NowSaturn
- 10:53 NowJupiter
- 11:57 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:09 NowMercury
- 16:13 NowMoon
- 17:17 NowSaturn
- 18:20 NowJupiter
- 19:16 NowMars
- 20:13 NowSun
- 21:09 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:57 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:53 NowJupiter
- 01:49 NowMars
- 02:45 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:37 NowMercury
- 05:34 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:34 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:34 NowSaturn
- 10:34 NowJupiter
- 11:34 NowMars
- 12:34 NowSun
- 13:34 NowVenus
- 14:34 NowMercury
- 15:34 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:34 NowJupiter
- 18:34 NowMars
- 19:34 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:34 NowMercury
- 22:34 NowMoon
- 23:34 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:34 NowJupiter
- 01:34 NowMars
- 02:34 NowSun
- 03:34 NowVenus
- 04:34 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:26 Pisces
- 05:26 – 07:04 Aries
- 07:04 – 09:01 Taurus
- 09:01 – 11:15 Gemini
- 11:15 – 13:33 Cancer
- 13:33 – 15:47 Leo
- 15:47 – 18:00 Virgo
- 18:00 – 20:16 Libra
- 20:16 – 22:33 Scorpio
- 22:33 – 00:38 next day Sagittarius
- 00:38 – 02:23 next day Capricorn
- 02:23 – 03:53 next day Aquarius
- 03:53 – 05:22 next day Pisces
- 05:22 – 05:33 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