Varanasi panchang, 2 May 2027
Sunrise 05:22 Sunset 18:27 Moonrise 02:28 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:22 to 18:27- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:11 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta 16:43 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam 16:49 – 18:27
- 07:28 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:27 to 05:21 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:27 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ekadashi until 19:52
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 02:40 next day · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Indra until 18:29
- Karana Bava until 07:28, then Balava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Aries
- 07:28 Karana becomes Balava
- 18:29 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 19:52 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwadashi
- 19:52 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:23 Moon enters Pisces
- 02:40 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:11 – 16:49
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:43 – 17:35
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:49 – 18:27
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 18:29 – 17:39 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. 03:55 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:27 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 02:40 – 05:21 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:22 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:00 – 08:38 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:38 – 10:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:17 – 11:55 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:11 | Good |
| Rog | 15:11 – 16:49 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:49 – 18:27 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:27 – 19:49 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:49 – 21:11 | Good |
| Char | 21:11 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:16 – 02:38 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:38 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:00 – 05:21 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
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:28 NowVenus
- 07:33 NowMercury
- 08:38 NowMoon
- 09:44 NowSaturn
- 10:49 NowJupiter
- 11:55 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:11 NowMercury
- 16:16 NowMoon
- 17:22 NowSaturn
- 18:27 NowJupiter
- 19:22 NowMars
- 20:16 NowSun
- 21:11 NowVenus
- 22:05 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:49 NowJupiter
- 01:43 NowMars
- 02:38 NowSun
- 03:32 NowVenus
- 04:27 NowMercury
- 05:22 NowSun
- 06:22 NowVenus
- 07:22 NowMercury
- 08:22 NowMoon
- 09:22 NowSaturn
- 10:22 NowJupiter
- 11:22 NowMars
- 12:22 NowSun
- 13:22 NowVenus
- 14:22 NowMercury
- 15:22 NowMoon
- 16:22 NowSaturn
- 17:22 NowJupiter
- 18:22 NowMars
- 19:22 NowSun
- 20:22 NowVenus
- 21:22 NowMercury
- 22:22 NowMoon
- 23:22 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:22 NowJupiter
- 01:22 NowMars
- 02:22 NowSun
- 03:22 NowVenus
- 04:22 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:55 – 04:31 Pisces
- 04:31 – 06:09 Aries
- 06:09 – 08:06 Taurus
- 08:06 – 10:20 Gemini
- 10:20 – 12:38 Cancer
- 12:38 – 14:52 Leo
- 14:52 – 17:05 Virgo
- 17:05 – 19:21 Libra
- 19:21 – 21:38 Scorpio
- 21:38 – 23:43 Sagittarius
- 23:43 – 01:28 next day Capricorn
- 01:28 – 02:58 next day Aquarius
- 02:58 – 04:27 next day Pisces
- 04:27 – 05:21 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