Varanasi panchang, 22 April 2027
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:22 Moonrise 19:59 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:22- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:30 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam 08:43 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta 09:48 – 10:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta 14:56 – 15:48
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:22 to 05:29 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:22 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:17 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 03:37 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:32 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddhi until 14:57
- Karana Taitila until 15:29, then Gara
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Aries
- 14:57 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 15:29 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:17 Moon enters Scorpio
- 03:37 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 03:37 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:30 – 07:07
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:43 – 10:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:48 – 10:39
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:09
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:56 – 15:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 14:57 – 14:13 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. 04:01 – 04:46
- 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 18:22 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:30 – 07:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:07 – 08:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:43 – 10:20 | Bad |
| Char | 10:20 – 11:56 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:33 – 15:09 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:09 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:46 – 18:22 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:22 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:46 – 21:09 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:09 – 22:32 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:19 – 02:43 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:43 – 04:06 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:06 – 05:29 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
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:35 NowMars
- 07:39 NowSun
- 08:43 NowVenus
- 09:48 NowMercury
- 10:52 NowMoon
- 11:56 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:05 NowMars
- 15:09 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:22 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:13 NowJupiter
- 21:09 NowMars
- 22:05 NowSun
- 23:00 NowVenus
- 23:56 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMoon
- 01:47 NowSaturn
- 02:43 NowJupiter
- 03:38 NowMars
- 04:34 NowSun
- 05:30 NowJupiter
- 06:30 NowMars
- 07:30 NowSun
- 08:30 NowVenus
- 09:30 NowMercury
- 10:30 NowMoon
- 11:30 NowSaturn
- 12:30 NowJupiter
- 13:30 NowMars
- 14:30 NowSun
- 15:30 NowVenus
- 16:30 NowMercury
- 17:30 NowMoon
- 18:30 NowSaturn
- 19:30 NowJupiter
- 20:30 NowMars
- 21:30 NowSun
- 22:30 NowVenus
- 23:30 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:30 NowMoon
- 01:30 NowSaturn
- 02:30 NowJupiter
- 03:30 NowMars
- 04:30 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:01 – 05:10 Pisces
- 05:10 – 06:48 Aries
- 06:48 – 08:45 Taurus
- 08:45 – 10:59 Gemini
- 10:59 – 13:17 Cancer
- 13:17 – 15:31 Leo
- 15:31 – 17:44 Virgo
- 17:44 – 20:00 Libra
- 20:00 – 22:17 Scorpio
- 22:17 – 00:22 next day Sagittarius
- 00:22 – 02:07 next day Capricorn
- 02:07 – 03:38 next day Aquarius
- 03:38 – 05:06 next day Pisces
- 05:06 – 05:29 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