Varanasi panchang, 20 April 2027
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:21 Moonrise 17:59 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:21- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:06 – 08:57
- Yamaganda 08:44 – 10:20
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Gulika Kalam 11:57 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam 15:09 – 16:45
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:31 Moon enters Libra
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
Night
18:21 to 05:31 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:21 – 20:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 03:57 next day
- Nakshatra Chitra until 04:28 next day · lord Mars
- Yoga Harshana until 17:47
- Karana Vishti until 16:21, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Aries
- 16:21 Karana becomes Bava
- 16:31 Moon enters Libra
- 17:47 Yoga becomes Vajra
- 03:57 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 03:57 next day Karana becomes Balava
- 04:28 next day Nakshatra becomes Swati
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:06 – 08:57
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:57 – 13:33
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:45
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 17:47 – 18:59
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. 04:02 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:21 – 20:35
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:32 – 07:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:08 – 08:44 | Bad |
| Char | 08:44 – 10:20 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:20 – 11:57 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:57 – 13:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:09 – 16:45 | Good |
| Rog | 16:45 – 18:21 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:21 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:09 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:33 – 23:56 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:20 – 02:44 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:44 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:07 – 05:31 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
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:40 NowVenus
- 08:44 NowMercury
- 09:48 NowMoon
- 10:53 NowSaturn
- 11:57 NowJupiter
- 13:01 NowMars
- 14:05 NowSun
- 15:09 NowVenus
- 16:13 NowMercury
- 17:17 NowMoon
- 18:21 NowSaturn
- 19:17 NowJupiter
- 20:13 NowMars
- 21:09 NowSun
- 22:05 NowVenus
- 23:00 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSaturn
- 01:48 NowJupiter
- 02:44 NowMars
- 03:39 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:32 NowMars
- 06:32 NowSun
- 07:32 NowVenus
- 08:32 NowMercury
- 09:32 NowMoon
- 10:32 NowSaturn
- 11:32 NowJupiter
- 12:32 NowMars
- 13:32 NowSun
- 14:32 NowVenus
- 15:32 NowMercury
- 16:32 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:32 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:32 NowSun
- 21:32 NowVenus
- 22:32 NowMercury
- 23:32 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:32 NowSaturn
- 01:32 NowJupiter
- 02:32 NowMars
- 03:32 NowSun
- 04:32 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:18 Pisces
- 05:18 – 06:56 Aries
- 06:56 – 08:53 Taurus
- 08:53 – 11:07 Gemini
- 11:07 – 13:25 Cancer
- 13:25 – 15:39 Leo
- 15:39 – 17:52 Virgo
- 17:52 – 20:08 Libra
- 20:08 – 22:25 Scorpio
- 22:25 – 00:30 next day Sagittarius
- 00:30 – 02:15 next day Capricorn
- 02:15 – 03:46 next day Aquarius
- 03:46 – 05:14 next day Pisces
- 05:14 – 05:31 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