Varanasi panchang, 3 May 2027
Sunrise 05:21 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 02:59 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:21 to 18:28- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:00 – 08:38
- Yamaganda 10:16 – 11:55
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta 14:58 – 15:50
- 08:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
Night
18:28 to 05:21 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 20:04
- Nakshatra Uttara Bhadrapada until 03:19 next day · lord Saturn
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 17:39
- Karana Kaulava until 08:04, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:04 Karana becomes Taitila
- 17:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 20:04 Tithi becomes Krishna Trayodashi
- 20:04 Karana becomes Gara
- 03:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Revati
Times to avoid
- 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
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:00 – 08:38
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:33 – 15:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:58 – 15:50
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:39 – 18:51
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. 03:54 – 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 18:28 – 20:38
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:21 – 07:00 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:00 – 08:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:38 – 10:16 | Good |
| Rog | 10:16 – 11:55 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:55 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Char | 13:33 – 15:11 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:11 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:28 | Good |
| Char | 18:28 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:11 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:11 – 22:33 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:33 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:16 – 02:37 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:37 – 03:59 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:59 – 05:21 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:27 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:38 NowMars
- 09:43 NowSun
- 10:49 NowVenus
- 11:55 NowMercury
- 13:00 NowMoon
- 14:06 NowSaturn
- 15:11 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:22 NowSun
- 18:28 NowVenus
- 19:22 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:11 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:00 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:49 NowVenus
- 01:43 NowMercury
- 02:37 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:26 NowJupiter
- 05:21 NowMoon
- 06:21 NowSaturn
- 07:21 NowJupiter
- 08:21 NowMars
- 09:21 NowSun
- 10:21 NowVenus
- 11:21 NowMercury
- 12:21 NowMoon
- 13:21 NowSaturn
- 14:21 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:21 NowVenus
- 18:21 NowMercury
- 19:21 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:21 NowMars
- 23:21 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:21 NowVenus
- 01:21 NowMercury
- 02:21 NowMoon
- 03:21 NowSaturn
- 04:21 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 04:27 Pisces
- 04:27 – 06:05 Aries
- 06:05 – 08:02 Taurus
- 08:02 – 10:16 Gemini
- 10:16 – 12:34 Cancer
- 12:34 – 14:48 Leo
- 14:48 – 17:01 Virgo
- 17:01 – 19:17 Libra
- 19:17 – 21:34 Scorpio
- 21:34 – 23:39 Sagittarius
- 23:39 – 01:24 next day Capricorn
- 01:24 – 02:54 next day Aquarius
- 02:54 – 04:23 next day Pisces
- 04:23 – 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