Varanasi panchang, 23 June 2027
Sunrise 05:09 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 21:57 Jyeshtha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:09 to 18:50- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 06:52 – 08:34
- Gulika Kalam 10:17 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:32 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:42
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
18:50 to 05:09 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:47 – 04:28 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 00:51 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Chaturthi until 15:43
- Nakshatra Shravana until 11:17 · lord Moon
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 10:02
- Karana Balava until 15:43, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Gemini
- 10:02 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 11:17 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 15:43 Tithi becomes Krishna Panchami
- 15:43 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 00:51 next day Moon enters Aquarius
- 04:58 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 08:55 – 10:02
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:52 – 08:34
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 10:02 – 11:14
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:17 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:32 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:42
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 11:17 – 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. 03:47 – 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) 11:32 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:09 – 06:52 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 06:52 – 08:34 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:34 – 10:17 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:17 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:42 – 15:25 | Bad |
| Char | 15:25 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:50 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:50 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:25 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:25 – 22:42 | Good |
| Char | 22:42 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:17 – 02:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:35 – 03:52 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:52 – 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
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:18 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:34 NowJupiter
- 09:43 NowMars
- 10:51 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:16 NowMoon
- 15:25 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:42 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:42 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:25 NowMoon
- 22:16 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:51 NowSun
- 01:43 NowVenus
- 02:35 NowMercury
- 03:26 NowMoon
- 04:18 NowSaturn
- 05:09 NowMercury
- 06:09 NowMoon
- 07:09 NowSaturn
- 08:09 NowJupiter
- 09:09 NowMars
- 10:09 NowSun
- 11:09 NowVenus
- 12:09 NowMercury
- 13:09 NowMoon
- 14:09 NowSaturn
- 15:09 NowJupiter
- 16:09 NowMars
- 17:09 NowSun
- 18:09 NowVenus
- 19:09 NowMercury
- 20:09 NowMoon
- 21:09 NowSaturn
- 22:09 NowJupiter
- 23:09 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:09 NowSun
- 01:09 NowVenus
- 02:09 NowMercury
- 03:09 NowMoon
- 04:09 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:47 – 04:42 Taurus
- 04:42 – 06:56 Gemini
- 06:56 – 09:13 Cancer
- 09:13 – 11:27 Leo
- 11:27 – 13:40 Virgo
- 13:40 – 15:57 Libra
- 15:57 – 18:14 Scorpio
- 18:14 – 20:18 Sagittarius
- 20:18 – 22:03 Capricorn
- 22:03 – 23:34 Aquarius
- 23:34 – 01:02 next day Pisces
- 01:02 – 02:41 next day Aries
- 02:41 – 04:38 next day Taurus
- 04:38 – 05:09 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