Varanasi panchang, 31 July 2027
Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 18:43 Moonrise 02:39 Ashadha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:25 to 18:43- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:25 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta 05:25 – 06:18
- Durmuhurta 06:18 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam 08:44 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:30
- Yamaganda 13:43 – 15:23
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:41 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:43 to 05:25 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:43 – 20:51
- Brahma Muhurta 04:00 – 04:43 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Trayodashi until 22:58
- Nakshatra Ardra until 22:53 · lord Rahu
- Yoga Vyaghata until 06:41
- Karana Gara until 12:41, then Vanija
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Gemini Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:41 Yoga becomes Harshana
- 12:41 Karana becomes Vanija
- 22:53 Nakshatra becomes Punarvasu
- 22:58 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturdashi
- 22:58 Karana becomes Vishti
- 02:49 next day Yoga becomes Vajra
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:25 – 07:05
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:25 – 06:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:18 – 07:11
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:44 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:43 – 15:23
- Inauspicious yoga Vajra Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 02:49 – 04:01 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. 03:59 – 04:42
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:30
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:43 – 20:51
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 22:58 – 05:25 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:25 – 07:05 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:05 – 08:44 | Good |
| Rog | 08:44 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:04 | Bad |
| Char | 12:04 – 13:43 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:43 – 15:23 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:23 – 17:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 17:03 – 18:43 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:43 – 20:03 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 20:03 – 21:23 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:23 – 22:44 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:44 – 00:04 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:04 – 01:24 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:24 – 02:45 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:45 – 04:05 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:05 – 05:25 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
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:31 NowJupiter
- 07:38 NowMars
- 08:44 NowSun
- 09:51 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:04 NowMoon
- 13:10 NowSaturn
- 14:17 NowJupiter
- 15:23 NowMars
- 16:30 NowSun
- 17:36 NowVenus
- 18:43 NowMercury
- 19:36 NowMoon
- 20:30 NowSaturn
- 21:23 NowJupiter
- 22:17 NowMars
- 23:10 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:04 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:51 NowMoon
- 02:45 NowSaturn
- 03:38 NowJupiter
- 04:32 NowMars
- 05:25 NowSaturn
- 06:25 NowJupiter
- 07:25 NowMars
- 08:25 NowSun
- 09:25 NowVenus
- 10:25 NowMercury
- 11:25 NowMoon
- 12:25 NowSaturn
- 13:25 NowJupiter
- 14:25 NowMars
- 15:25 NowSun
- 16:25 NowVenus
- 17:25 NowMercury
- 18:25 NowMoon
- 19:25 NowSaturn
- 20:25 NowJupiter
- 21:25 NowMars
- 22:25 NowSun
- 23:25 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:25 NowMercury
- 01:25 NowMoon
- 02:25 NowSaturn
- 03:25 NowJupiter
- 04:25 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 03:59 – 04:26 Gemini
- 04:26 – 06:44 Cancer
- 06:44 – 08:58 Leo
- 08:58 – 11:11 Virgo
- 11:11 – 13:27 Libra
- 13:27 – 15:44 Scorpio
- 15:44 – 17:49 Sagittarius
- 17:49 – 19:34 Capricorn
- 19:34 – 21:05 Aquarius
- 21:05 – 22:33 Pisces
- 22:33 – 00:11 next day Aries
- 00:11 – 02:08 next day Taurus
- 02:08 – 04:22 next day Gemini
- 04:22 – 05:25 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