Varanasi panchang, 9 May 2027
Sunrise 05:17 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 07:26 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:17 to 18:31- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam 15:12 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta 16:45 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam 16:52 – 18:31
- 08:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:31 to 05:17 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:40
- Brahma Muhurta 03:51 – 04:34 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Tritiya until 09:03
- Nakshatra Mrigashira until 19:59 · lord Mars
- Yoga Sukarman until 23:20
- Karana Gara until 09:03, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Aries
- 08:56 Moon enters Gemini
- 09:03 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturthi
- 09:03 Karana becomes Vanija
- 19:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:59 Nakshatra becomes Ardra
- 23:20 Yoga becomes Dhriti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:45 – 17:38
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:52 – 18:31
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. 03:51 – 04:34
- 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 18:31 – 20:40
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:17 – 19:59
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:17 – 06:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:57 – 08:36 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:36 – 10:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:15 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:33 – 15:12 | Good |
| Rog | 15:12 – 16:52 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:52 – 18:31 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:31 – 19:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:52 – 21:12 | Good |
| Char | 21:12 – 22:33 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:33 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:15 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:15 – 02:35 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:35 – 03:56 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:56 – 05:17 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
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:23 NowVenus
- 07:30 NowMercury
- 08:36 NowMoon
- 09:42 NowSaturn
- 10:48 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:00 NowSun
- 14:06 NowVenus
- 15:12 NowMercury
- 16:19 NowMoon
- 17:25 NowSaturn
- 18:31 NowJupiter
- 19:25 NowMars
- 20:19 NowSun
- 21:12 NowVenus
- 22:06 NowMercury
- 23:00 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:48 NowJupiter
- 01:41 NowMars
- 02:35 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:23 NowMercury
- 05:17 NowSun
- 06:17 NowVenus
- 07:17 NowMercury
- 08:17 NowMoon
- 09:17 NowSaturn
- 10:17 NowJupiter
- 11:17 NowMars
- 12:17 NowSun
- 13:17 NowVenus
- 14:17 NowMercury
- 15:17 NowMoon
- 16:17 NowSaturn
- 17:17 NowJupiter
- 18:17 NowMars
- 19:17 NowSun
- 20:17 NowVenus
- 21:17 NowMercury
- 22:17 NowMoon
- 23:17 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:17 NowJupiter
- 01:17 NowMars
- 02:17 NowSun
- 03:17 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:51 – 04:03 Pisces
- 04:03 – 05:41 Aries
- 05:41 – 07:39 Taurus
- 07:39 – 09:53 Gemini
- 09:53 – 12:10 Cancer
- 12:10 – 14:24 Leo
- 14:24 – 16:37 Virgo
- 16:37 – 18:54 Libra
- 18:54 – 21:11 Scorpio
- 21:11 – 23:15 Sagittarius
- 23:15 – 01:00 next day Capricorn
- 01:00 – 02:31 next day Aquarius
- 02:31 – 03:59 next day Pisces
- 03:59 – 05:17 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