Varanasi panchang, 25 August 2027
Sunrise 05:36 Sunset 18:23 Moonrise 23:22 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 18:23- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:12 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta 11:34 – 12:25
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:34 – 12:25 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:00 – 13:35
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
Night
18:23 to 05:36 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 18:23 – 20:38
- Brahma Muhurta 04:07 – 04:52 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 19:20
- Nakshatra Krittika until 12:28 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vyaghata until 21:49
- Karana Balava until 07:57, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Leo
- 07:57 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 12:28 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 19:20 Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 19:20 Karana becomes Taitila
- 21:49 Yoga becomes Harshana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:12 – 08:48
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:24 – 12:00
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:34 – 12:25
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:00 – 13:35
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 Not used on Wednesdays 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 18:23 – 20:38
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 05:36 – 12:28
- Siddhi (weekday and nakshatra) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 05:36 – 12:28
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 12:28 – 05:36 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 05:36 – 07:12 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:12 – 08:48 | Good |
| Kaal | 08:48 – 10:24 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:24 – 12:00 | Good |
| Rog | 12:00 – 13:35 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:35 – 15:11 | Bad |
| Char | 15:11 – 16:47 | Neutral |
| Labh | 16:47 – 18:23 | Good |
| Udveg | 18:23 – 19:47 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 19:47 – 21:11 | Good |
| Amrit | 21:11 – 22:36 | Good |
| Char | 22:36 – 00:00 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:00 – 01:24 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:24 – 02:48 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 02:48 – 04:12 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 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 NowMercury
- 06:40 NowMoon
- 07:44 NowSaturn
- 08:48 NowJupiter
- 09:52 NowMars
- 10:56 NowSun
- 12:00 NowVenus
- 13:03 NowMercury
- 14:07 NowMoon
- 15:11 NowSaturn
- 16:15 NowJupiter
- 17:19 NowMars
- 18:23 NowSun
- 19:19 NowVenus
- 20:15 NowMercury
- 21:11 NowMoon
- 22:07 NowSaturn
- 23:04 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:00 NowMars
- 00:56 NowSun
- 01:52 NowVenus
- 02:48 NowMercury
- 03:44 NowMoon
- 04:40 NowSaturn
- 05:36 NowMercury
- 06:36 NowMoon
- 07:36 NowSaturn
- 08:36 NowJupiter
- 09:36 NowMars
- 10:36 NowSun
- 11:36 NowVenus
- 12:36 NowMercury
- 13:36 NowMoon
- 14:36 NowSaturn
- 15:36 NowJupiter
- 16:36 NowMars
- 17:36 NowSun
- 18:36 NowVenus
- 19:36 NowMercury
- 20:36 NowMoon
- 21:36 NowSaturn
- 22:36 NowJupiter
- 23:36 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:36 NowSun
- 01:36 NowVenus
- 02:36 NowMercury
- 03:36 NowMoon
- 04:36 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:06 – 05:06 Cancer
- 05:06 – 07:20 Leo
- 07:20 – 09:32 Virgo
- 09:32 – 11:49 Libra
- 11:49 – 14:06 Scorpio
- 14:06 – 16:11 Sagittarius
- 16:11 – 17:55 Capricorn
- 17:55 – 19:26 Aquarius
- 19:26 – 20:55 Pisces
- 20:55 – 22:33 Aries
- 22:33 – 00:30 next day Taurus
- 00:30 – 02:44 next day Gemini
- 02:44 – 05:02 next day Cancer
- 05:02 – 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