Varanasi panchang, 20 May 2027
Sunrise 05:12 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 18:47 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:12 to 18:37- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:12 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam 08:33 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta 09:40 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Rahu Kalam 13:35 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta 15:02 – 15:56
- 07:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:29 Karana becomes Balava
Night
18:37 to 05:11 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:29 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:26 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
The five limbs
- Tithi Purnima until 16:29
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 13:21 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Parigha until 22:26
- Karana Bava until 16:29, then Balava
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:03 Moon enters Scorpio
- 13:21 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 16:29 Tithi becomes Krishna Pratipada
- 16:29 Karana becomes Balava
- 22:26 Yoga becomes Shiva
- 04:52 next day Karana becomes Kaulava
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Parigha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:00 – 10:43
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:12 – 06:52
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:14
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:40 – 10:34
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:15
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:02 – 15:56
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. 03:47 – 04:29
- 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 18:37 – 20:44
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:12 – 16:29
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 13:21 – 05:11 next day
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:12 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 06:52 – 08:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:33 – 10:14 | Bad |
| Char | 10:14 – 11:54 | Neutral |
| Labh | 11:54 – 13:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:35 – 15:15 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:15 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:37 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:37 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:15 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:15 – 22:35 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Labh | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:13 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:33 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:52 – 05:11 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
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:19 NowMars
- 07:26 NowSun
- 08:33 NowVenus
- 09:40 NowMercury
- 10:47 NowMoon
- 11:54 NowSaturn
- 13:01 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:15 NowSun
- 16:22 NowVenus
- 17:30 NowMercury
- 18:37 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:22 NowJupiter
- 21:15 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:01 NowVenus
- 23:54 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMoon
- 01:40 NowSaturn
- 02:33 NowJupiter
- 03:25 NowMars
- 04:18 NowSun
- 05:12 NowJupiter
- 06:12 NowMars
- 07:12 NowSun
- 08:12 NowVenus
- 09:12 NowMercury
- 10:12 NowMoon
- 11:12 NowSaturn
- 12:12 NowJupiter
- 13:12 NowMars
- 14:12 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:12 NowMercury
- 17:12 NowMoon
- 18:12 NowSaturn
- 19:12 NowJupiter
- 20:12 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:12 NowVenus
- 23:12 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:12 NowMoon
- 01:12 NowSaturn
- 02:12 NowJupiter
- 03:12 NowMars
- 04:12 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:58 Aries
- 04:58 – 06:55 Taurus
- 06:55 – 09:09 Gemini
- 09:09 – 11:27 Cancer
- 11:27 – 13:41 Leo
- 13:41 – 15:54 Virgo
- 15:54 – 18:10 Libra
- 18:10 – 20:27 Scorpio
- 20:27 – 22:32 Sagittarius
- 22:32 – 00:17 next day Capricorn
- 00:17 – 01:48 next day Aquarius
- 01:48 – 03:16 next day Pisces
- 03:16 – 04:54 next day Aries
- 04:54 – 05:11 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