Varanasi panchang, 18 August 2027
Sunrise 05:33 Sunset 18:29 Moonrise 19:02 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:33 to 18:29- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:10 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:01 – 13:38
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
Night
18:29 to 05:34 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:29 – 20:42
- Brahma Muhurta 04:05 – 04:49 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Pratipada until 15:16
- Nakshatra Shatabhisha until 05:15 next day · lord Rahu
- Yoga Atiganda until 02:22 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 15:16, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Aquarius Moon Sun in Leo
- 15:16 Tithi becomes Krishna Dwitiya
- 15:16 Karana becomes Taitila
- 02:22 next day Yoga becomes Sukarman
- 04:18 next day Karana becomes Gara
- 05:15 next day Nakshatra becomes Purva Bhadrapada
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:47
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:35 – 12:27
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:01 – 13:38
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. 04:05 – 04:49
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:35 – 12:27
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:29 – 20:42
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 15:16 – 05:34 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:33 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:10 – 08:47 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:47 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:01 | Good |
| Rog | 12:01 – 13:38 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:38 – 15:15 | Bad |
| Char | 15:15 – 16:52 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:52 – 18:29 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:29 – 19:52 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:52 – 21:15 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:15 – 22:38 | Good |
| Char | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:11 – 05:34 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
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:38 NowMoon
- 07:43 NowSaturn
- 08:47 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:57 NowSun
- 12:01 NowVenus
- 13:06 NowMercury
- 14:11 NowMoon
- 15:15 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:25 NowMars
- 18:29 NowSun
- 19:25 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:15 NowMoon
- 22:11 NowSaturn
- 23:06 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:01 NowMars
- 00:57 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:43 NowMoon
- 04:38 NowSaturn
- 05:33 NowMercury
- 06:33 NowMoon
- 07:33 NowSaturn
- 08:33 NowJupiter
- 09:33 NowMars
- 10:33 NowSun
- 11:33 NowVenus
- 12:33 NowMercury
- 13:33 NowMoon
- 14:33 NowSaturn
- 15:33 NowJupiter
- 16:33 NowMars
- 17:33 NowSun
- 18:33 NowVenus
- 19:33 NowMercury
- 20:33 NowMoon
- 21:33 NowSaturn
- 22:33 NowJupiter
- 23:33 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:33 NowSun
- 01:33 NowVenus
- 02:33 NowMercury
- 03:33 NowMoon
- 04:33 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:33 Cancer
- 05:33 – 07:47 Leo
- 07:47 – 10:00 Virgo
- 10:00 – 12:16 Libra
- 12:16 – 14:33 Scorpio
- 14:33 – 16:38 Sagittarius
- 16:38 – 18:23 Capricorn
- 18:23 – 19:54 Aquarius
- 19:54 – 21:22 Pisces
- 21:22 – 23:00 Aries
- 23:00 – 00:58 next day Taurus
- 00:58 – 03:12 next day Gemini
- 03:12 – 05:29 next day Cancer
- 05:29 – 05:34 next day Leo
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