Varanasi panchang, 22 May 2027
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 20:38 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:11 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:11 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta 05:11 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta 06:05 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam 08:33 – 10:13
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 13:35 – 15:16
- 06:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:50 Moon enters Sagittarius
Night
18:38 to 05:11 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:44
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwitiya until 18:48
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 16:50 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Siddha until 22:28
- Karana Taitila until 06:02, then Gara
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Taurus
- 06:02 Karana becomes Gara
- 16:50 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 16:50 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Krishna Tritiya
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:28 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:11 – 06:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:11 – 06:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:05 – 06:58
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:33 – 10:13
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:35 – 15:16
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. 03:46 – 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 18:38 – 20:44
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:11 – 06:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 06:52 – 08:33 | Good |
| Rog | 08:33 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:13 – 11:54 | Bad |
| Char | 11:54 – 13:35 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:16 – 16:57 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:57 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:57 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:16 – 22:35 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:35 – 23:54 | Good |
| Char | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:51 – 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
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:33 NowSun
- 09:40 NowVenus
- 10:47 NowMercury
- 11:54 NowMoon
- 13:01 NowSaturn
- 14:09 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:23 NowSun
- 17:30 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:30 NowMoon
- 20:23 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:09 NowMars
- 23:01 NowSun
- 23:54 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:47 NowMercury
- 01:40 NowMoon
- 02:32 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
- 05:11 NowSaturn
- 06:11 NowJupiter
- 07:11 NowMars
- 08:11 NowSun
- 09:11 NowVenus
- 10:11 NowMercury
- 11:11 NowMoon
- 12:11 NowSaturn
- 13:11 NowJupiter
- 14:11 NowMars
- 15:11 NowSun
- 16:11 NowVenus
- 17:11 NowMercury
- 18:11 NowMoon
- 19:11 NowSaturn
- 20:11 NowJupiter
- 21:11 NowMars
- 22:11 NowSun
- 23:11 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:11 NowMercury
- 01:11 NowMoon
- 02:11 NowSaturn
- 03:11 NowJupiter
- 04:11 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:50 Aries
- 04:50 – 06:48 Taurus
- 06:48 – 09:01 Gemini
- 09:01 – 11:19 Cancer
- 11:19 – 13:33 Leo
- 13:33 – 15:46 Virgo
- 15:46 – 18:02 Libra
- 18:02 – 20:19 Scorpio
- 20:19 – 22:24 Sagittarius
- 22:24 – 00:09 next day Capricorn
- 00:09 – 01:40 next day Aquarius
- 01:40 – 03:08 next day Pisces
- 03:08 – 04:46 next day Aries
- 04:46 – 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