Varanasi panchang, 23 April 2027
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 20:58 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:23- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:06 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta 08:04 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam 10:19 – 11:56
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Durmuhurta 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:09 – 16:46
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:44 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:21 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 05:32 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Vyatipata until 14:13
- Karana Vanija until 15:54, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:32 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 14:13 Yoga becomes Variyan
- 15:54 Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:21 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:21 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:06 – 08:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:04 – 08:56
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:19 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:22 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:09 – 16:46
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. 04:00 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:30 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:23 – 20:36
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:29 – 07:06 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:06 – 08:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:43 – 10:19 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:56 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:09 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:09 – 16:46 | Bad |
| Char | 16:46 – 18:23 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:23 – 19:46 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:32 – 23:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:56 – 01:19 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:19 – 02:42 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:38 NowMoon
- 08:43 NowSaturn
- 09:47 NowJupiter
- 10:52 NowMars
- 11:56 NowSun
- 13:01 NowVenus
- 14:05 NowMercury
- 15:09 NowMoon
- 16:14 NowSaturn
- 17:18 NowJupiter
- 18:23 NowMars
- 19:18 NowSun
- 20:14 NowVenus
- 21:09 NowMercury
- 22:05 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:56 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:47 NowSun
- 02:42 NowVenus
- 03:38 NowMercury
- 04:33 NowMoon
- 05:29 NowVenus
- 06:29 NowMercury
- 07:29 NowMoon
- 08:29 NowSaturn
- 09:29 NowJupiter
- 10:29 NowMars
- 11:29 NowSun
- 12:29 NowVenus
- 13:29 NowMercury
- 14:29 NowMoon
- 15:29 NowSaturn
- 16:29 NowJupiter
- 17:29 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:29 NowVenus
- 20:29 NowMercury
- 21:29 NowMoon
- 22:29 NowSaturn
- 23:29 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:29 NowMars
- 01:29 NowSun
- 02:29 NowVenus
- 03:29 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:06 Pisces
- 05:06 – 06:44 Aries
- 06:44 – 08:42 Taurus
- 08:42 – 10:55 Gemini
- 10:55 – 13:13 Cancer
- 13:13 – 15:27 Leo
- 15:27 – 17:40 Virgo
- 17:40 – 19:56 Libra
- 19:56 – 22:13 Scorpio
- 22:13 – 00:18 next day Sagittarius
- 00:18 – 02:03 next day Capricorn
- 02:03 – 03:34 next day Aquarius
- 03:34 – 05:02 next day Pisces
- 05:02 – 05:28 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