Varanasi panchang, 12 August 2027
Sunrise 05:31 Sunset 18:34 Moonrise 15:15 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:31 to 18:34- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Yamaganda 05:31 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam 08:46 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta 09:52 – 10:44
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:29
- Rahu Kalam 13:40 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta 15:05 – 15:58
- 11:34 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:34 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:56 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:34 to 05:31 next day- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Pradosha 18:34 – 20:46
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:47 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Ekadashi until 03:00 next day
- Nakshatra Jyeshtha until 11:34 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 20:39
- Karana Vanija until 13:56, then Vishti
- Vara Thursday lord Jupiter
- Moon and Sun Scorpio Moon Sun in Cancer
- 11:34 Nakshatra becomes Mula
- 11:34 Moon enters Sagittarius
- 13:56 Karana becomes Vishti
- 20:39 Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 03:00 next day Tithi becomes Shukla Dwadashi
- 03:00 next day Karana becomes Bava
Times to avoid
- 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
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 05:31 – 07:08
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:46 – 10:24
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 09:52 – 10:44
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:40 – 15:18
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:05 – 15:58
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 20:39 – 21:51
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 – 04:47
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:34 – 20:46
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:31 – 11:34
Choghadiya
| Shubh | 05:31 – 07:08 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:46 | Bad |
| Udveg | 08:46 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Char | 10:24 – 12:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 12:02 – 13:40 | Good |
| Amrit | 13:40 – 15:18 | Good |
| Kaal | 15:18 – 16:56 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:56 – 18:34 | Good |
| Amrit | 18:34 – 19:56 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 19:56 – 21:19 | Neutral |
| Rog | 21:19 – 22:41 | Bad |
| Kaal | 22:41 – 00:03 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 00:03 – 01:25 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 02:47 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 04:09 – 05:31 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
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:36 NowMars
- 07:41 NowSun
- 08:46 NowVenus
- 09:52 NowMercury
- 10:57 NowMoon
- 12:02 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:13 NowMars
- 15:18 NowSun
- 16:24 NowVenus
- 17:29 NowMercury
- 18:34 NowMoon
- 19:29 NowSaturn
- 20:24 NowJupiter
- 21:19 NowMars
- 22:13 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:03 NowMercury
- 00:57 NowMoon
- 01:52 NowSaturn
- 02:47 NowJupiter
- 03:42 NowMars
- 04:36 NowSun
- 05:31 NowJupiter
- 06:31 NowMars
- 07:31 NowSun
- 08:31 NowVenus
- 09:31 NowMercury
- 10:31 NowMoon
- 11:31 NowSaturn
- 12:31 NowJupiter
- 13:31 NowMars
- 14:31 NowSun
- 15:31 NowVenus
- 16:31 NowMercury
- 17:31 NowMoon
- 18:31 NowSaturn
- 19:31 NowJupiter
- 20:31 NowMars
- 21:31 NowSun
- 22:31 NowVenus
- 23:31 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:31 NowMoon
- 01:31 NowSaturn
- 02:31 NowJupiter
- 03:31 NowMars
- 04:31 NowSun
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:03 – 05:57 Cancer
- 05:57 – 08:11 Leo
- 08:11 – 10:24 Virgo
- 10:24 – 12:40 Libra
- 12:40 – 14:57 Scorpio
- 14:57 – 17:02 Sagittarius
- 17:02 – 18:47 Capricorn
- 18:47 – 20:17 Aquarius
- 20:17 – 21:46 Pisces
- 21:46 – 23:24 Aries
- 23:24 – 01:21 next day Taurus
- 01:21 – 03:35 next day Gemini
- 03:35 – 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