Varanasi panchang, 15 May 2027
Sunrise 05:14 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 13:53 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:14 to 18:34- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:14 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta 05:14 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta 06:07 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam 08:34 – 10:14
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:34 – 15:14
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:34 to 05:13 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:31 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 18:18
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 12:00 · lord Venus
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:33
- Karana Taitila until 06:56, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Aries
- 06:33 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 06:56 Karana becomes Gara
- 12:00 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
- 17:52 Moon enters Virgo
- 18:18 Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 18:18 Karana becomes Vanija
- 04:31 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:14 – 06:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:14 – 06:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:07 – 07:01
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:34 – 10:14
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:14
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 04:31 – 05:43 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 12:00 – 05:13 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. 03:49 – 04:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:34 – 20:42
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:14 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:14 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:54 – 08:34 | Good |
| Rog | 08:34 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:34 – 15:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:14 – 16:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:54 – 18:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:34 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:54 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:14 – 22:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:14 – 02:34 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:34 – 03:54 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:54 – 05:13 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
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:21 NowJupiter
- 07:27 NowMars
- 08:34 NowSun
- 09:41 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:07 NowJupiter
- 15:14 NowMars
- 16:21 NowSun
- 17:27 NowVenus
- 18:34 NowMercury
- 19:27 NowMoon
- 20:21 NowSaturn
- 21:14 NowJupiter
- 22:07 NowMars
- 23:00 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:34 NowSaturn
- 03:27 NowJupiter
- 04:20 NowMars
- 05:14 NowSaturn
- 06:14 NowJupiter
- 07:14 NowMars
- 08:14 NowSun
- 09:14 NowVenus
- 10:14 NowMercury
- 11:14 NowMoon
- 12:14 NowSaturn
- 13:14 NowJupiter
- 14:14 NowMars
- 15:14 NowSun
- 16:14 NowVenus
- 17:14 NowMercury
- 18:14 NowMoon
- 19:14 NowSaturn
- 20:14 NowJupiter
- 21:14 NowMars
- 22:14 NowSun
- 23:14 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:14 NowMercury
- 01:14 NowMoon
- 02:14 NowSaturn
- 03:14 NowJupiter
- 04:14 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:49 – 05:18 Aries
- 05:18 – 07:15 Taurus
- 07:15 – 09:29 Gemini
- 09:29 – 11:47 Cancer
- 11:47 – 14:01 Leo
- 14:01 – 16:13 Virgo
- 16:13 – 18:30 Libra
- 18:30 – 20:47 Scorpio
- 20:47 – 22:52 Sagittarius
- 22:52 – 00:36 next day Capricorn
- 00:36 – 02:07 next day Aquarius
- 02:07 – 03:36 next day Pisces
- 03:36 – 05:13 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