Varanasi panchang, 26 May 2027
Sunrise 05:10 Sunset 18:40 Moonrise 23:24 Vaishakha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:10 to 18:40- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:51 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta 11:28 – 12:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:28 – 12:22 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:55 – 13:36
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:40 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:40 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 04:05 next day
- Nakshatra Shravana until 04:19 next day · lord Moon
- Yoga Brahma until 02:01 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:48, then Vanija
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Taurus
- 14:48 Karana becomes Vanija
- 02:01 next day Yoga becomes Indra
- 04:05 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 04:05 next day Karana becomes Vishti
- 04:19 next day Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:51 – 08:32
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:13 – 11:55
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:28 – 12:22
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:55 – 13:36
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 04:19 – 05:09 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. 03:45 – 04:28
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:28 – 12:22
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:40 – 20:46
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 04:05 – 05:09 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 04:19 – 05:09 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:10 – 06:51 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:51 – 08:32 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:32 – 10:13 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:13 – 11:55 | Good |
| Rog | 11:55 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:36 – 15:17 | Bad |
| Char | 15:17 – 16:58 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:58 – 18:40 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:40 – 19:58 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:58 – 21:17 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:17 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 23:54 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:54 – 01:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:13 – 02:32 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:32 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:09 next day | Bad |
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
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:17 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:32 NowJupiter
- 09:40 NowMars
- 10:47 NowSun
- 11:55 NowVenus
- 13:02 NowMercury
- 14:10 NowMoon
- 15:17 NowSaturn
- 16:25 NowJupiter
- 17:32 NowMars
- 18:40 NowSun
- 19:32 NowVenus
- 20:25 NowMercury
- 21:17 NowMoon
- 22:09 NowSaturn
- 23:02 NowJupiter
- 23:54 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:47 NowSun
- 01:39 NowVenus
- 02:32 NowMercury
- 03:24 NowMoon
- 04:17 NowSaturn
- 05:10 NowMercury
- 06:10 NowMoon
- 07:10 NowSaturn
- 08:10 NowJupiter
- 09:10 NowMars
- 10:10 NowSun
- 11:10 NowVenus
- 12:10 NowMercury
- 13:10 NowMoon
- 14:10 NowSaturn
- 15:10 NowJupiter
- 16:10 NowMars
- 17:10 NowSun
- 18:10 NowVenus
- 19:10 NowMercury
- 20:10 NowMoon
- 21:10 NowSaturn
- 22:10 NowJupiter
- 23:10 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:10 NowSun
- 01:10 NowVenus
- 02:10 NowMercury
- 03:10 NowMoon
- 04:10 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 04:35 Aries
- 04:35 – 06:32 Taurus
- 06:32 – 08:46 Gemini
- 08:46 – 11:03 Cancer
- 11:03 – 13:17 Leo
- 13:17 – 15:30 Virgo
- 15:30 – 17:47 Libra
- 17:47 – 20:04 Scorpio
- 20:04 – 22:08 Sagittarius
- 22:08 – 23:53 Capricorn
- 23:53 – 01:24 next day Aquarius
- 01:24 – 02:52 next day Pisces
- 02:52 – 04:31 next day Aries
- 04:31 – 05:09 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