Varanasi panchang, 17 July 2027
Sunrise 05:18 Sunset 18:49 Moonrise 18:05 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- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:18 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta 05:18 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta 06:12 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam 08:41 – 10:22
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:31
- Yamaganda 13:45 – 15:26
- 05:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:49 to 05:19 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:49 – 20:55
- Brahma Muhurta 03:55 – 04:37 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 18:48
- Nakshatra Mula until 08:21 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Indra until 14:23
- Karana Gara until 05:40, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Gemini
- 05:40 Karana becomes Vanija
- 08:21 Nakshatra becomes Purva Ashadha
- 14:23 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 18:48 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 18:48 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:18 – 07:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:18 – 06:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:12 – 07:06
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:41 – 10:22
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:45 – 15:26
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 14:23 – 15:21 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. 03:54 – 04:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:31
- 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 05:18 – 08:21
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 05:18 – 18:48
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:18 – 07:00 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:00 – 08:41 | Good |
| Rog | 08:41 – 10:22 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:22 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:45 – 15:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:26 – 17:07 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:07 – 18:49 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:49 – 20:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:08 – 21:26 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:22 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:22 – 02:41 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:41 – 04:00 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:00 – 05:19 next day | Good |
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 NowSaturn
- 06:26 NowJupiter
- 07:33 NowMars
- 08:41 NowSun
- 09:48 NowVenus
- 10:56 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:11 NowSaturn
- 14:19 NowJupiter
- 15:26 NowMars
- 16:34 NowSun
- 17:41 NowVenus
- 18:49 NowMercury
- 19:41 NowMoon
- 20:34 NowSaturn
- 21:26 NowJupiter
- 22:19 NowMars
- 23:11 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:56 NowMercury
- 01:49 NowMoon
- 02:41 NowSaturn
- 03:34 NowJupiter
- 04:26 NowMars
- 05:18 NowSaturn
- 06:18 NowJupiter
- 07:18 NowMars
- 08:18 NowSun
- 09:18 NowVenus
- 10:18 NowMercury
- 11:18 NowMoon
- 12:18 NowSaturn
- 13:18 NowJupiter
- 14:18 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:18 NowVenus
- 17:18 NowMercury
- 18:18 NowMoon
- 19:18 NowSaturn
- 20:18 NowJupiter
- 21:18 NowMars
- 22:18 NowSun
- 23:18 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:18 NowMercury
- 01:18 NowMoon
- 02:18 NowSaturn
- 03:18 NowJupiter
- 04:18 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:54 – 05:21 Gemini
- 05:21 – 07:39 Cancer
- 07:39 – 09:53 Leo
- 09:53 – 12:06 Virgo
- 12:06 – 14:22 Libra
- 14:22 – 16:39 Scorpio
- 16:39 – 18:44 Sagittarius
- 18:44 – 20:29 Capricorn
- 20:29 – 22:00 Aquarius
- 22:00 – 23:28 Pisces
- 23:28 – 01:06 next day Aries
- 01:06 – 03:03 next day Taurus
- 03:03 – 05:17 next day Gemini
- 05:17 – 05:19 next day Cancer
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