Varanasi panchang, 24 August 2027
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:24 Moonrise 22:30 Shravana month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:36 to 18:24- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:09 – 09:01
- Yamaganda 08:48 – 10:24
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Gulika Kalam 12:00 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam 15:12 – 16:48
- 08:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
Night
18:24 to 05:36 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 18:24 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:06 – 04:51 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:48 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Saptami until 20:25
- Nakshatra Bharani until 12:37 · lord Venus
- Yoga Dhruva until 23:48
- Karana Vishti until 08:43, then Bava
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Aries Moon Sun in Leo
- 08:43 Karana becomes Bava
- 12:37 Nakshatra becomes Krittika
- 18:38 Moon enters Taurus
- 20:25 Tithi becomes Krishna Ashtami
- 20:25 Karana becomes Balava
- 23:48 Yoga becomes Vyaghata
Times to avoid
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:09 – 09:01
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:48 – 10:24
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:36
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:12 – 16:48
- Inauspicious yoga Vyaghata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 23:48 – 03:24 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. 04:06 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:34 – 12:25
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 18:24 – 20:38
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 05:36 – 12:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:37 – 05:36 next day
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 20:25 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 05:36 – 07:12 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 07:12 – 08:48 | Bad |
| Char | 08:48 – 10:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Amrit | 12:00 – 13:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 13:36 – 15:12 | Bad |
| Shubh | 15:12 – 16:48 | Good |
| Rog | 16:48 – 18:24 | Bad |
| Kaal | 18:24 – 19:48 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 19:48 – 21:12 | Good |
| Udveg | 21:12 – 22:36 | Bad |
| Shubh | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 04:12 – 05:36 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
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:40 NowSun
- 07:44 NowVenus
- 08:48 NowMercury
- 09:52 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 12:00 NowJupiter
- 13:04 NowMars
- 14:08 NowSun
- 15:12 NowVenus
- 16:16 NowMercury
- 17:20 NowMoon
- 18:24 NowSaturn
- 19:20 NowJupiter
- 20:16 NowMars
- 21:12 NowSun
- 22:08 NowVenus
- 23:04 NowMercury
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMoon
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:52 NowJupiter
- 02:48 NowMars
- 03:44 NowSun
- 04:40 NowVenus
- 05:36 NowMars
- 06:36 NowSun
- 07:36 NowVenus
- 08:36 NowMercury
- 09:36 NowMoon
- 10:36 NowSaturn
- 11:36 NowJupiter
- 12:36 NowMars
- 13:36 NowSun
- 14:36 NowVenus
- 15:36 NowMercury
- 16:36 NowMoon
- 17:36 NowSaturn
- 18:36 NowJupiter
- 19:36 NowMars
- 20:36 NowSun
- 21:36 NowVenus
- 22:36 NowMercury
- 23:36 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSaturn
- 01:36 NowJupiter
- 02:36 NowMars
- 03:36 NowSun
- 04:36 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:10 Cancer
- 05:10 – 07:23 Leo
- 07:23 – 09:36 Virgo
- 09:36 – 11:53 Libra
- 11:53 – 14:10 Scorpio
- 14:10 – 16:15 Sagittarius
- 16:15 – 17:59 Capricorn
- 17:59 – 19:30 Aquarius
- 19:30 – 20:59 Pisces
- 20:59 – 22:37 Aries
- 22:37 – 00:34 next day Taurus
- 00:34 – 02:48 next day Gemini
- 02:48 – 05:06 next day Cancer
- 05:06 – 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