Varanasi panchang, 11 August 2027
Sunrise 05:30 Sunset 18:35 Moonrise 14:22 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:30 to 18:35- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:08 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:03 – 13:41
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:09 Karana becomes Gara
Night
18:35 to 05:31 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:35 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dashami until 00:59 next day
- Nakshatra Anuradha until 09:14 · lord Saturn
- Yoga Indra until 20:05
- Karana Taitila until 12:09, then Gara
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 09:14 Nakshatra becomes Jyeshtha
- 12:09 Karana becomes Gara
- 20:05 Yoga becomes Vaidhriti
- 00:59 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Ekadashi
- 00:59 next day Karana becomes Vanija
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:08 – 08:46
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:03
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:03 – 13:41
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:05 – 20:39 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. 04:03 – 04:46
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:29
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:35 – 20:46
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 05:30 – 09:14
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:30 – 09:14
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:30 – 05:31 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:30 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:08 – 08:46 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:03 | Good |
| Rog | 12:03 – 13:41 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:41 – 15:19 | Bad |
| Char | 15:19 – 16:57 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:57 – 18:35 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:35 – 19:57 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:57 – 21:19 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:19 – 22:41 | Good |
| Char | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:35 NowMoon
- 07:41 NowSaturn
- 08:46 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:03 NowVenus
- 13:08 NowMercury
- 14:13 NowMoon
- 15:19 NowSaturn
- 16:24 NowJupiter
- 17:30 NowMars
- 18:35 NowSun
- 19:30 NowVenus
- 20:24 NowMercury
- 21:19 NowMoon
- 22:14 NowSaturn
- 23:08 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:47 NowMercury
- 03:41 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
- 05:30 NowMercury
- 06:30 NowMoon
- 07:30 NowSaturn
- 08:30 NowJupiter
- 09:30 NowMars
- 10:30 NowSun
- 11:30 NowVenus
- 12:30 NowMercury
- 13:30 NowMoon
- 14:30 NowSaturn
- 15:30 NowJupiter
- 16:30 NowMars
- 17:30 NowSun
- 18:30 NowVenus
- 19:30 NowMercury
- 20:30 NowMoon
- 21:30 NowSaturn
- 22:30 NowJupiter
- 23:30 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:30 NowSun
- 01:30 NowVenus
- 02:30 NowMercury
- 03:30 NowMoon
- 04:30 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 06:01 Cancer
- 06:01 – 08:15 Leo
- 08:15 – 10:27 Virgo
- 10:27 – 12:44 Libra
- 12:44 – 15:01 Scorpio
- 15:01 – 17:06 Sagittarius
- 17:06 – 18:50 Capricorn
- 18:50 – 20:21 Aquarius
- 20:21 – 21:50 Pisces
- 21:50 – 23:28 Aries
- 23:28 – 01:25 next day Taurus
- 01:25 – 03:39 next day Gemini
- 03:39 – 05:31 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