Varanasi panchang, 16 August 2027
Sunrise 05:32 Sunset 18:31 Moonrise 18:00 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:32 to 18:31- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:10 – 08:47
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:02
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:28
- Durmuhurta 12:28 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta 15:03 – 15:55
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vishti
Night
18:31 to 05:33 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:31 – 20:43
- Brahma Muhurta 04:04 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Chaturdashi until 10:29
- Nakshatra Shravana until 23:34 · lord Moon
- Yoga Saubhagya until 00:40 next day
- Karana Vanija until 10:29, then Vishti
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Capricorn Moon Sun in Cancer
- 10:29 Tithi becomes Purnima
- 10:29 Karana becomes Vishti
- 23:34 Nakshatra becomes Dhanishta
- 23:45 Karana becomes Bava
- 00:40 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:47
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:28 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:39 – 15:16
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:03 – 15:55
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. 04:04 – 04:48
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:28
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:31 – 20:43
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:32 – 23:34
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:32 – 23:34
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:32 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:02 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:02 – 13:39 | Bad |
| Char | 13:39 – 15:16 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:16 – 16:54 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:54 – 18:31 | Good |
| Char | 18:31 – 19:54 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:54 – 21:16 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:16 – 22:39 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:39 – 00:02 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:02 – 01:25 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:25 – 02:47 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:47 – 04:10 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:10 – 05:33 next day | Neutral |
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
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:37 NowSaturn
- 07:42 NowJupiter
- 08:47 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:57 NowVenus
- 12:02 NowMercury
- 13:07 NowMoon
- 14:11 NowSaturn
- 15:16 NowJupiter
- 16:21 NowMars
- 17:26 NowSun
- 18:31 NowVenus
- 19:26 NowMercury
- 20:21 NowMoon
- 21:16 NowSaturn
- 22:12 NowJupiter
- 23:07 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:02 NowSun
- 00:57 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:47 NowMoon
- 03:42 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:32 NowMoon
- 06:32 NowSaturn
- 07:32 NowJupiter
- 08:32 NowMars
- 09:32 NowSun
- 10:32 NowVenus
- 11:32 NowMercury
- 12:32 NowMoon
- 13:32 NowSaturn
- 14:32 NowJupiter
- 15:32 NowMars
- 16:32 NowSun
- 17:32 NowVenus
- 18:32 NowMercury
- 19:32 NowMoon
- 20:32 NowSaturn
- 21:32 NowJupiter
- 22:32 NowMars
- 23:32 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:32 NowVenus
- 01:32 NowMercury
- 02:32 NowMoon
- 03:32 NowSaturn
- 04:32 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:41 Cancer
- 05:41 – 07:55 Leo
- 07:55 – 10:08 Virgo
- 10:08 – 12:24 Libra
- 12:24 – 14:41 Scorpio
- 14:41 – 16:46 Sagittarius
- 16:46 – 18:31 Capricorn
- 18:31 – 20:02 Aquarius
- 20:02 – 21:30 Pisces
- 21:30 – 23:08 Aries
- 23:08 – 01:05 next day Taurus
- 01:05 – 03:19 next day Gemini
- 03:19 – 05:33 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