Varanasi panchang, 25 April 2027
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 22:46 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 18:24- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:30 – 12:22
- Yamaganda 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:10 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta 16:40 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam 16:47 – 18:24
- 05:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:57 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
Night
18:24 to 05:27 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:36
- Brahma Muhurta 03:58 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 05:42
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 08:57 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Parigha until 14:11
- Karana Balava until 05:42, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Aries
- 05:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 05:42 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 08:57 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 08:57 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 14:11 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 18:35 Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:10 – 16:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:40 – 17:32
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:47 – 18:24
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 08:57
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. 03:59 – 04:43
- 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 18:24 – 20:36
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 08:57 – 05:27 next day
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 08:57 – 05:27 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:28 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:05 – 08:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:42 – 10:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:19 – 11:56 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:56 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:10 | Good |
| Rog | 15:10 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:47 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:24 – 19:47 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:47 – 21:10 | Good |
| Char | 21:10 – 22:32 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:32 – 23:55 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:55 – 01:18 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:18 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:41 – 04:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:04 – 05:27 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 NowSun
- 06:32 NowVenus
- 07:37 NowMercury
- 08:42 NowMoon
- 09:46 NowSaturn
- 10:51 NowJupiter
- 11:56 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:05 NowVenus
- 15:10 NowMercury
- 16:14 NowMoon
- 17:19 NowSaturn
- 18:24 NowJupiter
- 19:19 NowMars
- 20:14 NowSun
- 21:10 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:55 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:51 NowJupiter
- 01:46 NowMars
- 02:41 NowSun
- 03:36 NowVenus
- 04:32 NowMercury
- 05:28 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:28 NowMercury
- 08:28 NowMoon
- 09:28 NowSaturn
- 10:28 NowJupiter
- 11:28 NowMars
- 12:28 NowSun
- 13:28 NowVenus
- 14:28 NowMercury
- 15:28 NowMoon
- 16:28 NowSaturn
- 17:28 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:28 NowSun
- 20:28 NowVenus
- 21:28 NowMercury
- 22:28 NowMoon
- 23:28 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:28 NowJupiter
- 01:28 NowMars
- 02:28 NowSun
- 03:28 NowVenus
- 04:28 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:58 Pisces
- 04:58 – 06:36 Aries
- 06:36 – 08:34 Taurus
- 08:34 – 10:48 Gemini
- 10:48 – 13:05 Cancer
- 13:05 – 15:19 Leo
- 15:19 – 17:32 Virgo
- 17:32 – 19:49 Libra
- 19:49 – 22:06 Scorpio
- 22:06 – 00:10 next day Sagittarius
- 00:10 – 01:55 next day Capricorn
- 01:55 – 03:26 next day Aquarius
- 03:26 – 04:54 next day Pisces
- 04:54 – 05:27 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