Varanasi panchang, 7 August 2027
Sunrise 05:28 Sunset 18:38 Moonrise 10:27 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:28 to 18:38- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Gulika Kalam 05:28 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta 05:28 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta 06:21 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam 08:46 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 13:42 – 15:21
- 06:25 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:07 Moon enters Libra
Night
18:38 to 05:29 next day- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Pradosha 18:38 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:45 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:01 Karana becomes Gara
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Shashthi until 23:01
- Nakshatra Hasta until 06:25 · lord Moon
- Yoga Sadhya until 22:43
- Karana Kaulava until 11:36, then Taitila
- Vara Saturday lord Saturn
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:25 Nakshatra becomes Chitra
- 11:36 Karana becomes Taitila
- 18:07 Moon enters Libra
- 22:43 Yoga becomes Shubha
- 23:01 Tithi becomes Shukla Saptami
- 23:01 Karana becomes Gara
Times to avoid
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:28 – 07:07
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 05:28 – 06:21
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 06:21 – 07:14
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:42 – 15:21
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:28 – 06:25
- Kana Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:25 – 05:29 next day
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vaidhriti, exact at 04:08 next day Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 03:07 – 05:09 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. 04:02 – 04:45
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:37 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:38 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 06:25 – 05:29 next day
Choghadiya
| Kaal | 05:28 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 07:07 – 08:46 | Good |
| Rog | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Udveg | 10:24 – 12:03 | Bad |
| Char | 12:03 – 13:42 | Neutral |
| Labh | 13:42 – 15:21 | Good |
| Amrit | 15:21 – 16:59 | Good |
| Kaal | 16:59 – 18:38 | Bad |
| Labh | 18:38 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 19:59 – 21:21 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:21 – 22:42 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Good |
| Char | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:46 – 04:07 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 04:07 – 05:29 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
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:34 NowJupiter
- 07:40 NowMars
- 08:46 NowSun
- 09:52 NowVenus
- 10:57 NowMercury
- 12:03 NowMoon
- 13:09 NowSaturn
- 14:15 NowJupiter
- 15:21 NowMars
- 16:26 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:38 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:27 NowSaturn
- 21:21 NowJupiter
- 22:15 NowMars
- 23:09 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:03 NowVenus
- 00:58 NowMercury
- 01:52 NowMoon
- 02:46 NowSaturn
- 03:40 NowJupiter
- 04:34 NowMars
- 05:28 NowSaturn
- 06:28 NowJupiter
- 07:28 NowMars
- 08:28 NowSun
- 09:28 NowVenus
- 10:28 NowMercury
- 11:28 NowMoon
- 12:28 NowSaturn
- 13:28 NowJupiter
- 14:28 NowMars
- 15:28 NowSun
- 16:28 NowVenus
- 17:28 NowMercury
- 18:28 NowMoon
- 19:28 NowSaturn
- 20:28 NowJupiter
- 21:28 NowMars
- 22:28 NowSun
- 23:28 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:28 NowMercury
- 01:28 NowMoon
- 02:28 NowSaturn
- 03:28 NowJupiter
- 04:28 NowMars
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:16 Cancer
- 06:16 – 08:30 Leo
- 08:30 – 10:43 Virgo
- 10:43 – 13:00 Libra
- 13:00 – 15:17 Scorpio
- 15:17 – 17:21 Sagittarius
- 17:21 – 19:06 Capricorn
- 19:06 – 20:37 Aquarius
- 20:37 – 22:05 Pisces
- 22:05 – 23:44 Aries
- 23:44 – 01:41 next day Taurus
- 01:41 – 03:55 next day Gemini
- 03:55 – 05:29 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