Varanasi panchang, 21 April 2027
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 18:59 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:22- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:07 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam 10:20 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:33
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
Night
18:22 to 05:30 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:01 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 03:30 next day
- Nakshatra Swati until 04:44 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vajra until 16:10
- Karana Balava until 15:40, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 15:40 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 16:10 Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 03:30 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 03:30 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 04:44 next day Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:07 – 08:44
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:20 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
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. 04:02 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:22 – 20:36
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 03:30 – 05:30 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:31 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:07 – 08:44 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:44 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:20 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Char | 15:09 – 16:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:46 – 18:22 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:22 – 19:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:45 – 21:09 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:20 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:20 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:43 – 04:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:07 – 05:30 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
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:40 NowSaturn
- 08:44 NowJupiter
- 09:48 NowMars
- 10:52 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 13:01 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:09 NowSaturn
- 16:13 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:22 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:13 NowMercury
- 21:09 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:52 NowSun
- 01:47 NowVenus
- 02:43 NowMercury
- 03:39 NowMoon
- 04:34 NowSaturn
- 05:31 NowMercury
- 06:31 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:31 NowJupiter
- 09:31 NowMars
- 10:31 NowSun
- 11:31 NowVenus
- 12:31 NowMercury
- 13:31 NowMoon
- 14:31 NowSaturn
- 15:31 NowJupiter
- 16:31 NowMars
- 17:31 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:31 NowMercury
- 20:31 NowMoon
- 21:31 NowSaturn
- 22:31 NowJupiter
- 23:31 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:31 NowSun
- 01:31 NowVenus
- 02:31 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:31 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 05:14 Pisces
- 05:14 – 06:52 Aries
- 06:52 – 08:49 Taurus
- 08:49 – 11:03 Gemini
- 11:03 – 13:21 Cancer
- 13:21 – 15:35 Leo
- 15:35 – 17:48 Virgo
- 17:48 – 20:04 Libra
- 20:04 – 22:21 Scorpio
- 22:21 – 00:26 next day Sagittarius
- 00:26 – 02:11 next day Capricorn
- 02:11 – 03:42 next day Aquarius
- 03:42 – 05:10 next day Pisces
- 05:10 – 05:30 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