Varanasi panchang, 23 August 2027
Sunrise 05:35 Sunset 18:25 Moonrise 21:45 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:35 to 18:25- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:11 – 08:48
- Yamaganda 10:24 – 12:00
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:26
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam 13:36 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta 15:00 – 15:51
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
Night
18:25 to 05:36 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 18:25 – 20:39
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 20:53
- Nakshatra Ashwini until 12:11 · lord Ketu
- Yoga Vriddhi until 01:18 next day
- Karana Gara until 08:54, then Vanija
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:54 Karana becomes Vanija
- 12:11 Nakshatra becomes Bharani
- 20:53 Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 20:53 Karana becomes Vishti
- 01:18 next day Yoga becomes Dhruva
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:11 – 08:48
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:17
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:36 – 15:12
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:00 – 15:51
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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:26
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:25 – 20:39
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 12:11 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:35 – 07:11 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:11 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:48 – 10:24 | Good |
| Rog | 10:24 – 12:00 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:00 – 13:36 | Bad |
| Char | 13:36 – 15:12 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:12 – 16:49 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:49 – 18:25 | Good |
| Char | 18:25 – 19:49 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:49 – 21:13 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:13 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:44 NowJupiter
- 08:48 NowMars
- 09:52 NowSun
- 10:56 NowVenus
- 12:00 NowMercury
- 13:04 NowMoon
- 14:08 NowSaturn
- 15:12 NowJupiter
- 16:17 NowMars
- 17:21 NowSun
- 18:25 NowVenus
- 19:21 NowMercury
- 20:17 NowMoon
- 21:13 NowSaturn
- 22:08 NowJupiter
- 23:04 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:00 NowSun
- 00:56 NowVenus
- 01:52 NowMercury
- 02:48 NowMoon
- 03:44 NowSaturn
- 04:40 NowJupiter
- 05:35 NowMoon
- 06:35 NowSaturn
- 07:35 NowJupiter
- 08:35 NowMars
- 09:35 NowSun
- 10:35 NowVenus
- 11:35 NowMercury
- 12:35 NowMoon
- 13:35 NowSaturn
- 14:35 NowJupiter
- 15:35 NowMars
- 16:35 NowSun
- 17:35 NowVenus
- 18:35 NowMercury
- 19:35 NowMoon
- 20:35 NowSaturn
- 21:35 NowJupiter
- 22:35 NowMars
- 23:35 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:35 NowVenus
- 01:35 NowMercury
- 02:35 NowMoon
- 03:35 NowSaturn
- 04:35 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:13 Cancer
- 05:13 – 07:27 Leo
- 07:27 – 09:40 Virgo
- 09:40 – 11:57 Libra
- 11:57 – 14:14 Scorpio
- 14:14 – 16:18 Sagittarius
- 16:18 – 18:03 Capricorn
- 18:03 – 19:34 Aquarius
- 19:34 – 21:02 Pisces
- 21:02 – 22:41 Aries
- 22:41 – 00:38 next day Taurus
- 00:38 – 02:52 next day Gemini
- 02:52 – 05:10 next day Cancer
- 05:10 – 05:36 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