Varanasi panchang, 21 July 2027
Sunrise 05:20 Sunset 18:47 Moonrise 20:29 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:20 to 18:47- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:01 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta 11:37 – 12:31
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:31 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:04 – 13:45
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
Night
18:47 to 05:21 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:47 – 20:54
- Brahma Muhurta 03:56 – 04:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 04:47 next day
- Nakshatra Dhanishta until 20:34 · lord Mars
- Yoga Ayushman until 18:34
- Karana Vanija until 15:35, then Vishti
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 07:04 Moon enters Aquarius
- 15:35 Karana becomes Vishti
- 18:34 Yoga becomes Saubhagya
- 20:34 Nakshatra becomes Shatabhisha
- 04:47 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 04:47 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:01 – 08:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:23 – 12:04
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:37 – 12:31
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:04 – 13:45
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 15:35 – 04:47 next day
- Dagdha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.5, Nārada in the commentary, p. 13 05:20 – 20:34
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. 03:56 – 04:38
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:31
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:47 – 20:54
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:20 – 07:01 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:01 – 08:42 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:42 – 10:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:23 – 12:04 | Good |
| Rog | 12:04 – 13:45 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:45 – 15:26 | Bad |
| Char | 15:26 – 17:07 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:07 – 18:47 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:47 – 20:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:07 – 21:26 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:26 – 22:45 | Good |
| Char | 22:45 – 00:04 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:04 – 01:23 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:23 – 02:42 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:42 – 04:01 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:01 – 05:21 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
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:27 NowMoon
- 07:35 NowSaturn
- 08:42 NowJupiter
- 09:49 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:04 NowVenus
- 13:11 NowMercury
- 14:18 NowMoon
- 15:26 NowSaturn
- 16:33 NowJupiter
- 17:40 NowMars
- 18:47 NowSun
- 19:40 NowVenus
- 20:33 NowMercury
- 21:26 NowMoon
- 22:18 NowSaturn
- 23:11 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:04 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:50 NowVenus
- 02:42 NowMercury
- 03:35 NowMoon
- 04:28 NowSaturn
- 05:20 NowMercury
- 06:20 NowMoon
- 07:20 NowSaturn
- 08:20 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:20 NowSun
- 11:20 NowVenus
- 12:20 NowMercury
- 13:20 NowMoon
- 14:20 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:20 NowMars
- 17:20 NowSun
- 18:20 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:20 NowMoon
- 21:20 NowSaturn
- 22:20 NowJupiter
- 23:20 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:20 NowSun
- 01:20 NowVenus
- 02:20 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:56 – 05:06 Gemini
- 05:06 – 07:23 Cancer
- 07:23 – 09:37 Leo
- 09:37 – 11:50 Virgo
- 11:50 – 14:07 Libra
- 14:07 – 16:23 Scorpio
- 16:23 – 18:28 Sagittarius
- 18:28 – 20:13 Capricorn
- 20:13 – 21:44 Aquarius
- 21:44 – 23:12 Pisces
- 23:12 – 00:50 next day Aries
- 00:50 – 02:48 next day Taurus
- 02:48 – 05:02 next day Gemini
- 05:02 – 05:21 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