Varanasi panchang, 7 May 2027
Sunrise 05:19 Sunset 18:30 Moonrise 05:32 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:19 to 18:30- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:58 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta 07:57 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam 10:15 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda 15:12 – 16:51
- 06:56 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:14 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:30 to 05:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:30 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 03:52 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Pratipada until 14:14
- Nakshatra Krittika until 23:42 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 08:57
- Karana Bava until 14:14, then Balava
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:56 Moon enters Taurus
- 08:57 Yoga becomes Shobhana
- 14:14 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwitiya
- 14:14 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:42 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 01:00 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:36
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 07:57 – 08:50
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:15 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:51
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. 03:52 – 04:35
- 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 18:30 – 20:39
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:19 – 14:14
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:19 – 06:58 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:58 – 08:36 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:15 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:54 – 13:33 | Good |
| Rog | 13:33 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:12 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:30 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:30 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:12 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:12 – 22:33 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Shubh | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:15 – 02:36 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:36 – 03:57 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:57 – 05:18 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
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:30 NowMoon
- 08:36 NowSaturn
- 09:42 NowJupiter
- 10:48 NowMars
- 11:54 NowSun
- 13:00 NowVenus
- 14:06 NowMercury
- 15:12 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:24 NowJupiter
- 18:30 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:12 NowMercury
- 22:06 NowMoon
- 23:00 NowSaturn
- 23:54 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:48 NowMars
- 01:42 NowSun
- 02:36 NowVenus
- 03:30 NowMercury
- 04:24 NowMoon
- 05:19 NowVenus
- 06:19 NowMercury
- 07:19 NowMoon
- 08:19 NowSaturn
- 09:19 NowJupiter
- 10:19 NowMars
- 11:19 NowSun
- 12:19 NowVenus
- 13:19 NowMercury
- 14:19 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:19 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:19 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:19 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:19 NowSaturn
- 23:19 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:19 NowMars
- 01:19 NowSun
- 02:19 NowVenus
- 03:19 NowMercury
- 04:19 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:52 – 04:11 Pisces
- 04:11 – 05:49 Aries
- 05:49 – 07:46 Taurus
- 07:46 – 10:00 Gemini
- 10:00 – 12:18 Cancer
- 12:18 – 14:32 Leo
- 14:32 – 16:45 Virgo
- 16:45 – 19:01 Libra
- 19:01 – 21:18 Scorpio
- 21:18 – 23:23 Sagittarius
- 23:23 – 01:08 next day Capricorn
- 01:08 – 02:39 next day Aquarius
- 02:39 – 04:07 next day Pisces
- 04:07 – 05:18 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