Varanasi panchang, 16 July 2027
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 17:19 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:18 to 18:49- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 06:59 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam 10:22 – 12:03
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:30
- Durmuhurta 12:30 – 13:25
- Yamaganda 15:26 – 17:08
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:39 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:49 to 05:18 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:54 – 04:36 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 16:35
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 05:39 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Brahma until 13:35
- Karana Taitila until 16:35, then Gara
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:39 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 05:39 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:35 Yoga becomes Indra
- 16:35 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 16:35 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 06:59 – 08:41
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:00 – 08:54
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:22 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:30 – 13:25
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:26 – 17:08
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:18 – 05:39
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. 03:54 – 04:36
- 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 18:49 – 20:55
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:39 – 05:18 next day
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:18 – 06:59 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 06:59 – 08:41 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:41 – 10:22 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:22 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:03 – 13:45 | Good |
| Rog | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:26 – 17:08 | Bad |
| Char | 17:08 – 18:49 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:49 – 20:08 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 04:00 – 05:18 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
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:25 NowMercury
- 07:33 NowMoon
- 08:41 NowSaturn
- 09:48 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:03 NowSun
- 13:11 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:26 NowMoon
- 16:34 NowSaturn
- 17:42 NowJupiter
- 18:49 NowMars
- 19:42 NowSun
- 20:34 NowVenus
- 21:26 NowMercury
- 22:19 NowMoon
- 23:11 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:04 NowJupiter
- 00:56 NowMars
- 01:49 NowSun
- 02:41 NowVenus
- 03:33 NowMercury
- 04:26 NowMoon
- 05:18 NowVenus
- 06:18 NowMercury
- 07:18 NowMoon
- 08:18 NowSaturn
- 09:18 NowJupiter
- 10:18 NowMars
- 11:18 NowSun
- 12:18 NowVenus
- 13:18 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:18 NowSaturn
- 16:18 NowJupiter
- 17:18 NowMars
- 18:18 NowSun
- 19:18 NowVenus
- 20:18 NowMercury
- 21:18 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:18 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMars
- 01:18 NowSun
- 02:18 NowVenus
- 03:18 NowMercury
- 04:18 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:25 Gemini
- 05:25 – 07:43 Cancer
- 07:43 – 09:57 Leo
- 09:57 – 12:10 Virgo
- 12:10 – 14:26 Libra
- 14:26 – 16:43 Scorpio
- 16:43 – 18:48 Sagittarius
- 18:48 – 20:33 Capricorn
- 20:33 – 22:03 Aquarius
- 22:03 – 23:32 Pisces
- 23:32 – 01:10 next day Aries
- 01:10 – 03:07 next day Taurus
- 03:07 – 05:18 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