Varanasi panchang, 23 May 2027
Sunrise 05:11 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 21:27 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- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:27 – 12:21
- Yamaganda 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam 15:16 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta 16:50 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam 16:57 – 18:38
- 07:42 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:38 to 05:10 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:45
- Brahma Muhurta 03:46 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 20:42
- Nakshatra Mula until 19:17 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Sadhya until 23:02
- Karana Vanija until 07:42, then Vishti
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Taurus
- 07:42 Karana becomes Vishti
- 19:17 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 20:42 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 20:42 Karana becomes Bava
- 23:02 Yoga becomes Shubha
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:54 – 13:35
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:16 – 16:57
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:50 – 17:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:57 – 18:38
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 – 04:28
- 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 – 20:45
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:11 – 19:17
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:11 – 19:17
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:11 – 06:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 06:51 – 08:32 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:32 – 10:13 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:13 – 11:54 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:54 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:35 – 15:16 | Good |
| Rog | 15:16 – 16:57 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:57 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:38 – 19:57 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:57 – 21:16 | Good |
| Char | 21:16 – 22:35 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:35 – 23:54 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 03:51 – 05:10 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 NowSun
- 06:18 NowVenus
- 07:25 NowMercury
- 08:32 NowMoon
- 09:40 NowSaturn
- 10:47 NowJupiter
- 11:54 NowMars
- 13:02 NowSun
- 14:09 NowVenus
- 15:16 NowMercury
- 16:24 NowMoon
- 17:31 NowSaturn
- 18:38 NowJupiter
- 19:31 NowMars
- 20:23 NowSun
- 21:16 NowVenus
- 22:09 NowMercury
- 23:01 NowMoon
- 23:54 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:47 NowJupiter
- 01:39 NowMars
- 02:32 NowSun
- 03:25 NowVenus
- 04:17 NowMercury
- 05:11 NowSun
- 06:11 NowVenus
- 07:11 NowMercury
- 08:11 NowMoon
- 09:11 NowSaturn
- 10:11 NowJupiter
- 11:11 NowMars
- 12:11 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:11 NowMercury
- 15:11 NowMoon
- 16:11 NowSaturn
- 17:11 NowJupiter
- 18:11 NowMars
- 19:11 NowSun
- 20:11 NowVenus
- 21:11 NowMercury
- 22:11 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:11 NowJupiter
- 01:11 NowMars
- 02:11 NowSun
- 03:11 NowVenus
- 04:11 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:46 – 04:46 Aries
- 04:46 – 06:44 Taurus
- 06:44 – 08:57 Gemini
- 08:57 – 11:15 Cancer
- 11:15 – 13:29 Leo
- 13:29 – 15:42 Virgo
- 15:42 – 17:58 Libra
- 17:58 – 20:15 Scorpio
- 20:15 – 22:20 Sagittarius
- 22:20 – 00:05 next day Capricorn
- 00:05 – 01:36 next day Aquarius
- 01:36 – 03:04 next day Pisces
- 03:04 – 04:42 next day Aries
- 04:42 – 05:10 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