Varanasi panchang, 16 May 2027
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 14:51 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:13 to 18:35- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam 15:14 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta 16:48 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam 16:54 – 18:35
- 05:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
Night
18:35 to 05:13 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 17:13
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 11:35 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vajra until 02:42 next day
- Karana Vanija until 05:43, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 05:43 Karana becomes Vishti
- 11:35 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 17:13 Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 17:13 Karana becomes Bava
- 02:42 next day Yoga becomes Siddhi
- 04:48 next day Karana becomes Balava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:48 – 17:41
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:54 – 18:35
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. 03:48 – 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 18:35 – 20:42
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:13 – 11:35
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:13 – 11:35
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 11:35 – 05:13 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 11:35 – 05:13 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:13 – 06:54 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:54 – 08:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:34 – 10:14 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:14 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:34 – 15:14 | Good |
| Rog | 15:14 – 16:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:54 – 18:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:35 – 19:54 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:54 – 21:14 | Good |
| Char | 21:14 – 22:34 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:34 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:14 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:14 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:53 – 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
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:20 NowVenus
- 07:27 NowMercury
- 08:34 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:01 NowSun
- 14:07 NowVenus
- 15:14 NowMercury
- 16:21 NowMoon
- 17:28 NowSaturn
- 18:35 NowJupiter
- 19:28 NowMars
- 20:21 NowSun
- 21:14 NowVenus
- 22:07 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:40 NowMars
- 02:33 NowSun
- 03:27 NowVenus
- 04:20 NowMercury
- 05:13 NowSun
- 06:13 NowVenus
- 07:13 NowMercury
- 08:13 NowMoon
- 09:13 NowSaturn
- 10:13 NowJupiter
- 11:13 NowMars
- 12:13 NowSun
- 13:13 NowVenus
- 14:13 NowMercury
- 15:13 NowMoon
- 16:13 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:13 NowMars
- 19:13 NowSun
- 20:13 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:13 NowMoon
- 23:13 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:13 NowJupiter
- 01:13 NowMars
- 02:13 NowSun
- 03:13 NowVenus
- 04:13 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:14 Aries
- 05:14 – 07:11 Taurus
- 07:11 – 09:25 Gemini
- 09:25 – 11:43 Cancer
- 11:43 – 13:57 Leo
- 13:57 – 16:10 Virgo
- 16:10 – 18:26 Libra
- 18:26 – 20:43 Scorpio
- 20:43 – 22:48 Sagittarius
- 22:48 – 00:33 next day Capricorn
- 00:33 – 02:03 next day Aquarius
- 02:03 – 03:32 next day Pisces
- 03:32 – 05:10 next day Aries
- 05:10 – 05:13 next day Taurus
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