Varanasi panchang, 24 April 2027
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 21:54 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:23- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:28 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 05:28 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta 06:20 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam 08:42 – 10:19
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:10
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:57 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:23 to 05:28 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:59 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:42 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 06:57 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Variyan until 13:58
- Karana Bava until 16:57, then Balava
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:57 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 13:58 Yoga becomes Parigha
- 16:57 Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:28 – 06:20
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:20 – 07:12
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:42 – 10:19
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:10
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2 gives Vajra 9) 13:58 – 02:04 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. 04:00 – 04:44
- 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
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:28 – 05:28 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:05 – 08:42 | Good |
| Rog | 08:42 – 10:19 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:19 – 11:56 | Bad |
| Char | 11:56 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:10 – 16:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:46 – 18:23 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:23 – 19:46 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:46 – 21:09 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:09 – 22:32 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:32 – 23:55 | Good |
| Char | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:18 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:42 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:28 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
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:33 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:42 NowSun
- 09:47 NowVenus
- 10:51 NowMercury
- 11:56 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:10 NowMars
- 16:14 NowSun
- 17:19 NowVenus
- 18:23 NowMercury
- 19:19 NowMoon
- 20:14 NowSaturn
- 21:09 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:55 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMercury
- 01:46 NowMoon
- 02:42 NowSaturn
- 03:37 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:00 – 05:02 Pisces
- 05:02 – 06:40 Aries
- 06:40 – 08:38 Taurus
- 08:38 – 10:52 Gemini
- 10:52 – 13:09 Cancer
- 13:09 – 15:23 Leo
- 15:23 – 17:36 Virgo
- 17:36 – 19:53 Libra
- 19:53 – 22:09 Scorpio
- 22:09 – 00:14 next day Sagittarius
- 00:14 – 01:59 next day Capricorn
- 01:59 – 03:30 next day Aquarius
- 03:30 – 04:58 next day Pisces
- 04:58 – 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