Varanasi panchang, 5 May 2027
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 04:06 Chaitra month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:59 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:33
- 06:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
Night
18:29 to 05:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturdashi until 18:17
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 02:32 next day · lord Ketu
- Yoga Priti until 14:15
- Karana Vishti until 06:59, then Shakuni
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:59 Karana becomes Shakuni
- 14:15 Yoga becomes Ayushman
- 18:17 Tithi becomes Amavasya
- 18:17 Karana becomes Chatushpada
- 02:32 next day Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 19:31 – 03:15
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:37
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:20 – 02:32 next day
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 02:32 – 05:19 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. 03:53 – 04:37
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:29 – 20:39
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 06:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:59 – 08:37 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:37 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Char | 15:12 – 16:50 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:50 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:50 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:50 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:15 – 02:37 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:37 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:58 – 05:19 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:26 NowMoon
- 07:31 NowSaturn
- 08:37 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:49 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:06 NowMoon
- 15:12 NowSaturn
- 16:17 NowJupiter
- 17:23 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:23 NowVenus
- 20:17 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:06 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:48 NowSun
- 01:42 NowVenus
- 02:37 NowMercury
- 03:31 NowMoon
- 04:25 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 04:19 Pisces
- 04:19 – 05:57 Aries
- 05:57 – 07:54 Taurus
- 07:54 – 10:08 Gemini
- 10:08 – 12:26 Cancer
- 12:26 – 14:40 Leo
- 14:40 – 16:53 Virgo
- 16:53 – 19:09 Libra
- 19:09 – 21:26 Scorpio
- 21:26 – 23:31 Sagittarius
- 23:31 – 01:16 next day Capricorn
- 01:16 – 02:47 next day Aquarius
- 02:47 – 04:15 next day Pisces
- 04:15 – 05:19 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