Varanasi panchang, 28 April 2027
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 00:15 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:25- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:03 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:33
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
Night
18:25 to 05:24 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:37
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:40 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 12:31
- Nakshatra Uttara Ashadha until 17:30 · lord Sun
- Yoga Sadhya until 16:44
- Karana Bava until 12:31, then Balava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:31 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 12:31 Karana becomes Balava
- 16:44 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 17:30 Nakshatra becomes Shravana
- 01:47 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:03 – 08:40
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:18 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:29 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 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. 03:57 – 04:41
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:29 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:37
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:25 – 12:31
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 07:22 – 17:30
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:25 – 07:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:03 – 08:40 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:40 – 10:18 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:18 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:10 | Bad |
| Char | 15:10 – 16:48 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:48 – 18:25 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:25 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:48 – 21:10 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:10 – 22:32 | Good |
| Char | 22:32 – 23:55 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:55 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:40 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:40 – 04:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:02 – 05:24 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
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:40 NowJupiter
- 09:45 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:05 NowMoon
- 15:10 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:25 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:10 NowMoon
- 22:05 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:55 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:45 NowVenus
- 02:40 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowMercury
- 06:25 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:25 NowJupiter
- 09:25 NowMars
- 10:25 NowSun
- 11:25 NowVenus
- 12:25 NowMercury
- 13:25 NowMoon
- 14:25 NowSaturn
- 15:25 NowJupiter
- 16:25 NowMars
- 17:25 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:25 NowMercury
- 20:25 NowMoon
- 21:25 NowSaturn
- 22:25 NowJupiter
- 23:25 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:25 NowSun
- 01:25 NowVenus
- 02:25 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:57 – 04:46 Pisces
- 04:46 – 06:25 Aries
- 06:25 – 08:22 Taurus
- 08:22 – 10:36 Gemini
- 10:36 – 12:53 Cancer
- 12:53 – 15:07 Leo
- 15:07 – 17:20 Virgo
- 17:20 – 19:37 Libra
- 19:37 – 21:54 Scorpio
- 21:54 – 23:58 Sagittarius
- 23:58 – 01:43 next day Capricorn
- 01:43 – 03:14 next day Aquarius
- 03:14 – 04:42 next day Pisces
- 04:42 – 05:24 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