Varanasi panchang, 20 August 2027
Sunrise 05:34 Sunset 18:28 Moonrise 20:01 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:34 to 18:28- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Gulika Kalam 07:11 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam 10:24 – 12:01
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:35 – 12:27
- Durmuhurta 12:27 – 13:18
- Yamaganda 15:14 – 16:51
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
Night
18:28 to 05:34 next day- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Pradosha 18:28 – 20:41
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Tritiya until 18:53
- Nakshatra Purva Bhadrapada until 07:39 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Dhriti until 03:04 next day
- Karana Vanija until 06:08, then Vishti
- Vara Friday lord Venus
- Moon and Sun Pisces Moon Sun in Leo
- 06:08 Karana becomes Vishti
- 07:39 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Bhadrapada
- 18:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Chaturthi
- 18:53 Karana becomes Bava
- 03:04 next day Yoga becomes Shula
Times to avoid
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 06:08 – 18:53
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:47
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:00
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:01
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:27 – 13:18
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:14 – 16:51
- Inauspicious yoga Shula Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:04 – 05:04 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. 04:05 – 04:50
- Abhijit Muhurta 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 18:28 – 20:41
Choghadiya
| Char | 05:34 – 07:11 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 07:11 – 08:47 | Good |
| Amrit | 08:47 – 10:24 | Good |
| Kaal | 10:24 – 12:01 | Bad |
| Shubh | 12:01 – 13:37 | Good |
| Rog | 13:37 – 15:14 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:14 – 16:51 | Bad |
| Char | 16:51 – 18:28 | Neutral |
| Rog | 18:28 – 19:51 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 19:51 – 21:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 21:14 – 22:38 | Good |
| Udveg | 22:38 – 00:01 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 00:01 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Char | 02:48 – 04:11 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 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
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:38 NowMercury
- 07:43 NowMoon
- 08:47 NowSaturn
- 09:52 NowJupiter
- 10:56 NowMars
- 12:01 NowSun
- 13:05 NowVenus
- 14:10 NowMercury
- 15:14 NowMoon
- 16:19 NowSaturn
- 17:23 NowJupiter
- 18:28 NowMars
- 19:23 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:14 NowMercury
- 22:10 NowMoon
- 23:05 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 00:01 NowJupiter
- 00:57 NowMars
- 01:52 NowSun
- 02:48 NowVenus
- 03:43 NowMercury
- 04:39 NowMoon
- 05:34 NowVenus
- 06:34 NowMercury
- 07:34 NowMoon
- 08:34 NowSaturn
- 09:34 NowJupiter
- 10:34 NowMars
- 11:34 NowSun
- 12:34 NowVenus
- 13:34 NowMercury
- 14:34 NowMoon
- 15:34 NowSaturn
- 16:34 NowJupiter
- 17:34 NowMars
- 18:34 NowSun
- 19:34 NowVenus
- 20:34 NowMercury
- 21:34 NowMoon
- 22:34 NowSaturn
- 23:34 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:34 NowMars
- 01:34 NowSun
- 02:34 NowVenus
- 03:34 NowMercury
- 04:34 NowMoon
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:05 – 05:25 Cancer
- 05:25 – 07:39 Leo
- 07:39 – 09:52 Virgo
- 09:52 – 12:09 Libra
- 12:09 – 14:26 Scorpio
- 14:26 – 16:30 Sagittarius
- 16:30 – 18:15 Capricorn
- 18:15 – 19:46 Aquarius
- 19:46 – 21:14 Pisces
- 21:14 – 22:53 Aries
- 22:53 – 00:50 next day Taurus
- 00:50 – 03:04 next day Gemini
- 03:04 – 05:21 next day Cancer
- 05:21 – 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