Varanasi panchang, 16 June 2027
Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 18:48 Moonrise 16:39 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:08 to 18:48- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:50 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam 10:16 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta 11:31 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:31 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:58 – 13:41
- 06:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:52 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:48 to 05:08 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:48 – 20:52
- Brahma Muhurta 03:45 – 04:27 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 03:20 next day
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 19:44 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Shiva until 06:09
- Karana Kaulava until 14:52, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 06:09 Yoga becomes Siddha
- 13:21 Moon enters Scorpio
- 14:52 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:44 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 03:20 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 03:20 next day Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:50 – 08:33
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:16 – 11:58
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:31 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:58 – 13:41
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 – 04:27
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:31 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:48 – 20:52
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 19:44 – 05:08 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:44 – 05:08 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 19:44 – 05:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:08 – 06:50 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:50 – 08:33 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:33 – 10:16 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:16 – 11:58 | Good |
| Rog | 11:58 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:23 | Bad |
| Char | 15:23 – 17:06 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:06 – 18:48 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:48 – 20:06 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:06 – 21:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:23 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 23:58 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:58 – 01:16 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:16 – 02:33 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:33 – 03:51 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:51 – 05:08 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
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:16 NowMoon
- 07:25 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:41 NowMars
- 10:50 NowSun
- 11:58 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:15 NowMoon
- 15:23 NowSaturn
- 16:32 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:48 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:32 NowMercury
- 21:23 NowMoon
- 22:15 NowSaturn
- 23:07 NowJupiter
- 23:58 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:50 NowSun
- 01:41 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:25 NowMoon
- 04:16 NowSaturn
- 05:08 NowMercury
- 06:08 NowMoon
- 07:08 NowSaturn
- 08:08 NowJupiter
- 09:08 NowMars
- 10:08 NowSun
- 11:08 NowVenus
- 12:08 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:08 NowJupiter
- 16:08 NowMars
- 17:08 NowSun
- 18:08 NowVenus
- 19:08 NowMercury
- 20:08 NowMoon
- 21:08 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:08 NowSun
- 01:08 NowVenus
- 02:08 NowMercury
- 03:08 NowMoon
- 04:08 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:45 – 05:09 Taurus
- 05:09 – 07:23 Gemini
- 07:23 – 09:41 Cancer
- 09:41 – 11:55 Leo
- 11:55 – 14:08 Virgo
- 14:08 – 16:24 Libra
- 16:24 – 18:41 Scorpio
- 18:41 – 20:46 Sagittarius
- 20:46 – 22:31 Capricorn
- 22:31 – 00:01 next day Aquarius
- 00:01 – 01:30 next day Pisces
- 01:30 – 03:08 next day Aries
- 03:08 – 05:05 next day Taurus
- 05:05 – 05:08 next day Gemini
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