Varanasi panchang, 8 August 2027
Sunrise 05:29 Sunset 18:37 Moonrise 11:27 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:29 to 18:37- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:37 – 12:29
- Yamaganda 12:03 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam 15:20 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta 16:52 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam 16:59 – 18:37
- 06:01 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vanija
Night
18:37 to 05:29 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 18:37 – 20:48
- Brahma Muhurta 04:02 – 04:46 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Saptami until 22:24
- Nakshatra Chitra until 06:01 · lord Mars
- Yoga Shubha until 21:11
- Karana Gara until 10:37, then Vanija
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Cancer
- 06:01 Nakshatra becomes Swati
- 10:37 Karana becomes Vanija
- 21:11 Yoga becomes Shukla
- 22:24 Tithi becomes Shukla Ashtami
- 22:24 Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:42
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:20 – 16:59
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 16:52 – 17:45
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 16:59 – 18:37
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 18:37 – 20:48
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:29 – 06:01
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 05:29 – 07:07 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 07:07 – 08:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 08:46 – 10:24 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:03 – 13:42 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:42 – 15:20 | Good |
| Rog | 15:20 – 16:59 | Bad |
| Udveg | 16:59 – 18:37 | Bad |
| Shubh | 18:37 – 19:59 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 19:59 – 21:20 | Good |
| Char | 21:20 – 22:42 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:42 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:25 – 02:46 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 02:46 – 04:08 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 04:08 – 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
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:34 NowVenus
- 07:40 NowMercury
- 08:46 NowMoon
- 09:52 NowSaturn
- 10:57 NowJupiter
- 12:03 NowMars
- 13:09 NowSun
- 14:14 NowVenus
- 15:20 NowMercury
- 16:26 NowMoon
- 17:32 NowSaturn
- 18:37 NowJupiter
- 19:32 NowMars
- 20:26 NowSun
- 21:20 NowVenus
- 22:15 NowMercury
- 23:09 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:03 NowSaturn
- 00:58 NowJupiter
- 01:52 NowMars
- 02:46 NowSun
- 03:41 NowVenus
- 04:35 NowMercury
- 05:29 NowSun
- 06:29 NowVenus
- 07:29 NowMercury
- 08:29 NowMoon
- 09:29 NowSaturn
- 10:29 NowJupiter
- 11:29 NowMars
- 12:29 NowSun
- 13:29 NowVenus
- 14:29 NowMercury
- 15:29 NowMoon
- 16:29 NowSaturn
- 17:29 NowJupiter
- 18:29 NowMars
- 19:29 NowSun
- 20:29 NowVenus
- 21:29 NowMercury
- 22:29 NowMoon
- 23:29 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:29 NowJupiter
- 01:29 NowMars
- 02:29 NowSun
- 03:29 NowVenus
- 04:29 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:02 – 06:12 Cancer
- 06:12 – 08:26 Leo
- 08:26 – 10:39 Virgo
- 10:39 – 12:56 Libra
- 12:56 – 15:13 Scorpio
- 15:13 – 17:17 Sagittarius
- 17:17 – 19:02 Capricorn
- 19:02 – 20:33 Aquarius
- 20:33 – 22:01 Pisces
- 22:01 – 23:40 Aries
- 23:40 – 01:37 next day Taurus
- 01:37 – 03:51 next day Gemini
- 03:51 – 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