Varanasi panchang, 12 May 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:32 Moonrise 10:48 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:32- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:55 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:54 – 13:34
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
Night
18:32 to 05:15 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:32 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 03:49 – 04:32 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:13 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 23:13
- Nakshatra Pushya until 14:56 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Ganda until 14:04
- Karana Gara until 12:17, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Aries
- 12:17 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:04 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 14:56 Nakshatra becomes Ashlesha
- 23:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 23:13 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:55 – 08:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 23:13 – 10:13 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 13:48 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 12:49 – 14:46
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. 03:50 – 04:33
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:27 – 12:21
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:32 – 20:41
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 14:56
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:16 – 23:13
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:16 – 06:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:55 – 08:35 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:35 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Rog | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:34 – 15:13 | Bad |
| Char | 15:13 – 16:53 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:53 – 18:32 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:32 – 19:53 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:53 – 21:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:13 – 22:33 | Good |
| Char | 22:33 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:34 – 03:55 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:55 – 05:15 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
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:22 NowMoon
- 07:28 NowSaturn
- 08:35 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:48 NowSun
- 11:54 NowVenus
- 13:00 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:13 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:26 NowMars
- 18:32 NowSun
- 19:26 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:13 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:00 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:34 NowMercury
- 03:28 NowMoon
- 04:21 NowSaturn
- 05:16 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:16 NowSaturn
- 08:16 NowJupiter
- 09:16 NowMars
- 10:16 NowSun
- 11:16 NowVenus
- 12:16 NowMercury
- 13:16 NowMoon
- 14:16 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:16 NowMars
- 17:16 NowSun
- 18:16 NowVenus
- 19:16 NowMercury
- 20:16 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:16 NowJupiter
- 23:16 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:16 NowSun
- 01:16 NowVenus
- 02:16 NowMercury
- 03:16 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:50 – 03:51 Pisces
- 03:51 – 05:30 Aries
- 05:30 – 07:27 Taurus
- 07:27 – 09:41 Gemini
- 09:41 – 11:58 Cancer
- 11:58 – 14:12 Leo
- 14:12 – 16:25 Virgo
- 16:25 – 18:42 Libra
- 18:42 – 20:59 Scorpio
- 20:59 – 23:03 Sagittarius
- 23:03 – 00:48 next day Capricorn
- 00:48 – 02:19 next day Aquarius
- 02:19 – 03:47 next day Pisces
- 03:47 – 05:15 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