Varanasi panchang, 17 May 2027
Sunrise 05:13 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 15:49 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- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:53 – 08:33
- Yamaganda 10:14 – 11:54
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Durmuhurta 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam 13:34 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:01 – 15:55
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:35 to 05:13 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 03:48 – 04:30 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:33 Moon enters Libra
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 16:28
- Nakshatra Hasta until 11:29 · lord Moon
- Yoga Siddhi until 01:10 next day
- Karana Balava until 16:28, then Kaulava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Taurus
- 11:29 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 16:28 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 16:28 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 23:33 Moon enters Libra
- 01:10 next day Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 04:13 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:53 – 08:33
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:14 – 11:54
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:21 – 13:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:34 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:01 – 15:55
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:10 – 23:55 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:29 – 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. 03:48 – 04:30
- 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 – 20:43
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:13 – 06:53 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:53 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:33 – 10:14 | Good |
| Rog | 10:14 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:54 – 13:34 | Bad |
| Char | 13:34 – 15:15 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:15 – 16:55 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:55 – 18:35 | Good |
| Char | 18:35 – 19:55 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:55 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:14 – 22:34 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:34 – 23:54 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:33 – 03:53 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:53 – 05:13 next day | Neutral |
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 NowMoon
- 06:20 NowSaturn
- 07:27 NowJupiter
- 08:33 NowMars
- 09:40 NowSun
- 10:47 NowVenus
- 11:54 NowMercury
- 13:01 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:15 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:28 NowSun
- 18:35 NowVenus
- 19:28 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:14 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:01 NowMars
- 23:54 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:47 NowVenus
- 01:40 NowMercury
- 02:33 NowMoon
- 03:26 NowSaturn
- 04:19 NowJupiter
- 05:13 NowMoon
- 06:13 NowSaturn
- 07:13 NowJupiter
- 08:13 NowMars
- 09:13 NowSun
- 10:13 NowVenus
- 11:13 NowMercury
- 12:13 NowMoon
- 13:13 NowSaturn
- 14:13 NowJupiter
- 15:13 NowMars
- 16:13 NowSun
- 17:13 NowVenus
- 18:13 NowMercury
- 19:13 NowMoon
- 20:13 NowSaturn
- 21:13 NowJupiter
- 22:13 NowMars
- 23:13 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:13 NowVenus
- 01:13 NowMercury
- 02:13 NowMoon
- 03:13 NowSaturn
- 04:13 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:48 – 05:10 Aries
- 05:10 – 07:07 Taurus
- 07:07 – 09:21 Gemini
- 09:21 – 11:39 Cancer
- 11:39 – 13:53 Leo
- 13:53 – 16:06 Virgo
- 16:06 – 18:22 Libra
- 18:22 – 20:39 Scorpio
- 20:39 – 22:44 Sagittarius
- 22:44 – 00:29 next day Capricorn
- 00:29 – 01:59 next day Aquarius
- 01:59 – 03:28 next day Pisces
- 03:28 – 05:06 next day Aries
- 05:06 – 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