Varanasi panchang, 1 May 2027
Sunrise 05:23 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 01:58 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:23 to 18:27- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:23 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta 05:23 – 06:15
- Durmuhurta 06:15 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam 08:39 – 10:17
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:29 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:33 – 15:11
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:27 to 05:22 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dashami until 18:54
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 01:16 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Brahma until 18:43
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:43 Yoga becomes Indra
- 18:54 Tithi becomes Krishna Ekadashi
- 18:54 Karana becomes Bava
- 01:16 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:23 – 07:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:23 – 06:15
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:15 – 07:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:39 – 10:17
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
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. 03:55 – 04:39
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:27 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:23 – 07:01 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:01 – 08:39 | Good |
| Rog | 08:39 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:17 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Char | 11:55 – 13:33 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:11 – 16:49 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:49 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:27 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:22 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
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:39 NowSun
- 09:44 NowVenus
- 10:49 NowMercury
- 11:55 NowMoon
- 13:00 NowSaturn
- 14:05 NowJupiter
- 15:11 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:27 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:11 NowJupiter
- 22:05 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:49 NowMercury
- 01:44 NowMoon
- 02:38 NowSaturn
- 03:33 NowJupiter
- 04:27 NowMars
- 05:23 NowSaturn
- 06:23 NowJupiter
- 07:23 NowMars
- 08:23 NowSun
- 09:23 NowVenus
- 10:23 NowMercury
- 11:23 NowMoon
- 12:23 NowSaturn
- 13:23 NowJupiter
- 14:23 NowMars
- 15:23 NowSun
- 16:23 NowVenus
- 17:23 NowMercury
- 18:23 NowMoon
- 19:23 NowSaturn
- 20:23 NowJupiter
- 21:23 NowMars
- 22:23 NowSun
- 23:23 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:23 NowMercury
- 01:23 NowMoon
- 02:23 NowSaturn
- 03:23 NowJupiter
- 04:23 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:35 Pisces
- 04:35 – 06:13 Aries
- 06:13 – 08:10 Taurus
- 08:10 – 10:24 Gemini
- 10:24 – 12:42 Cancer
- 12:42 – 14:56 Leo
- 14:56 – 17:08 Virgo
- 17:08 – 19:25 Libra
- 19:25 – 21:42 Scorpio
- 21:42 – 23:47 Sagittarius
- 23:47 – 01:32 next day Capricorn
- 01:32 – 03:02 next day Aquarius
- 03:02 – 04:31 next day Pisces
- 04:31 – 05:22 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