Varanasi panchang, 12 July 2027
Sunrise 05:16 Sunset 18:50 Moonrise 13:36 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:16 to 18:50- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 06:58 – 08:39
- Yamaganda 10:21 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta 15:13 – 16:07
- 11:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
Night
18:50 to 05:16 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:50 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:53 – 04:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Navami until 11:41
- Nakshatra Swati until 23:56 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Siddha until 13:32
- Karana Kaulava until 11:41, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 11:41 Tithi becomes Shukla Dashami
- 11:41 Karana becomes Taitila
- 13:32 Yoga becomes Sadhya
- 23:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 23:56 Nakshatra becomes Vishakha
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:58 – 08:39
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:21 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:27
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:13 – 16:07
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. 03:53 – 04:34
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:50 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:16 – 05:16 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:16 – 06:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 06:58 – 08:39 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:39 – 10:21 | Good |
| Rog | 10:21 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:03 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Char | 13:45 – 15:27 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:27 – 17:08 | Good |
| Amrit | 17:08 – 18:50 | Good |
| Char | 18:50 – 20:08 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 20:08 – 21:27 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:27 – 22:45 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:45 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:03 – 01:22 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:22 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 03:58 next day | Good |
| Char | 03:58 – 05:16 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:24 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:47 NowSun
- 10:55 NowVenus
- 12:03 NowMercury
- 13:11 NowMoon
- 14:19 NowSaturn
- 15:27 NowJupiter
- 16:34 NowMars
- 17:42 NowSun
- 18:50 NowVenus
- 19:42 NowMercury
- 20:34 NowMoon
- 21:27 NowSaturn
- 22:19 NowJupiter
- 23:11 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSun
- 00:55 NowVenus
- 01:48 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:24 NowJupiter
- 05:16 NowMoon
- 06:16 NowSaturn
- 07:16 NowJupiter
- 08:16 NowMars
- 09:16 NowSun
- 10:16 NowVenus
- 11:16 NowMercury
- 12:16 NowMoon
- 13:16 NowSaturn
- 14:16 NowJupiter
- 15:16 NowMars
- 16:16 NowSun
- 17:16 NowVenus
- 18:16 NowMercury
- 19:16 NowMoon
- 20:16 NowSaturn
- 21:16 NowJupiter
- 22:16 NowMars
- 23:16 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:16 NowVenus
- 01:16 NowMercury
- 02:16 NowMoon
- 03:16 NowSaturn
- 04:16 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:53 – 05:41 Gemini
- 05:41 – 07:59 Cancer
- 07:59 – 10:13 Leo
- 10:13 – 12:25 Virgo
- 12:25 – 14:42 Libra
- 14:42 – 16:59 Scorpio
- 16:59 – 19:04 Sagittarius
- 19:04 – 20:48 Capricorn
- 20:48 – 22:19 Aquarius
- 22:19 – 23:48 Pisces
- 23:48 – 01:26 next day Aries
- 01:26 – 03:23 next day Taurus
- 03:23 – 05:16 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